Export promotion policies in CARICOM: main issues, effects and implications

Includes bibliography

Trade and investment promotion between Asia-Pacific and Latin America: present position and future prospects

Includes bibliography

El desafío de las nuevas negociaciones comerciales multilaterales para América Latina y el Caribe

Incluye Bibliografía

Productive development in open economies

Includes bibliography

Global economic developments, 1999

Includes bibliography

Global economic developments, 2000-2001

Includes bibliography

Incorporation of special and differential treatment in international trade agreements and the implications for Caribbean economies

Includes bibliography

Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 2004: tendencias para el 2005

El estudio recientemente publicado por la División de Comercio Internacional e Integración de la CEPAL, estima que el 2005 será un buen año para el comercio de los países de la región. A pesar del contexto internacional favorable, persisten severos problemas de competitividad. Es preciso aumentar la productividad, impulsar la innovación tecnológica y participar pro-activamente en las redes internacionales.Entre las conclusiones del Estudio, se plantea la necesidad de actualizar la integración; reflexionar en forma estratégica sobre el vínculo a construir con China y los países del Pacífico; administrar los tratados de libre comercio para aumentar y diversificar las exportaciones; intensificar el ritmo de trabajo y coordinación con países en desarrollo sobre la ronda de Doha, e incorporar gradualmente las exigencias de seguridad en las políticas de competitividad, velando porque las mismas no se transformen en barreras proteccionistas (trazabilidad, inocuidad alimentaria y seguridad portuaria y de transporte marítimo).

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy: 2005 Trends

The study recently published by the Division of International Trade and Integration of ECLAC considers that 2005 will be a good year for trade in the countries of the region. Despite a favourable international context, there are still serious problems of competitiveness. The region needs to increase productivity, promote technological innovation and take a proactive part in worldwide networks. The conclusions of the study include the need to update integration; to take a strategic view of the links to be constructed with China and the countries of the Pacific; to manage free-trade agreements so as to increase and diversify exports; to step up the pace of work and improve coordination with the developing countries on the Doha Round, and to gradually incorporate the demands of security into competitiveness policies, ensuring that they do not become protectionist barriers (traceability, food safety and maritime and port security).

Convergence and Asymmetry in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in the Region's Trade Agreements

Sanitary and phytosanitary matters have acquired greater significance in the region's trade, as reflected in the significant number of complaints brought before the various dispute settlement mechanisms pertaining to the regional integration schemes. This may be attributed to the importance of the Latin American countries in world agricultural trade and to different phytosanitary and zoosanitary standards required by each. Given the multiplication of bilateral and plurilateral agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean, convergence on the sanitary standards required under such accords is crucial for the trade integration of a region that is an agro-exporter par excellence. Convergence is essential to facilitate market access and expedite trade flows. This bulletin assesses convergence of standards in the bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements signed by the countries of the region, the treatment afforded to the principles contained in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and the progress the region has made relative to that Agreement.

United States Trade Developments 2012-2013

Includes bibliography.

Avaliação e comparação de projetos comunitários de ostreicultura localizados no nordeste paraense

A aqüicultura vem sendo caracterizada como estratégia para minimizar a redução do pescado. no Pará, a ostreicultura foi implantada em 2003 como oportunidade de ocupação e renda no litoral nordeste paraense, em 2005 esta iniciativa foi estendida para outras comunidades com diferentes níveis de familiaridade com o molusco, seja pelo apoio na realização de pesquisas no setor ou pela atividade extrativista. A pesquisa avaliou o desempenho da ostreicultura comunitária no estado do Pará, foram estudados três projetos com pelo menos dois anos em atividade e com diferentes níveis de preservação e atividade extrativista de ostra. A implantação dos primeiros cultivos ocorreu simultaneamente e com similaridade de apoio institucional, mas com diferentes desempenhos, as principais dificuldades dos produtores é de obter licença para atividade e a necessidade de cuidados com a variação de maré. É necessário que estudos de viabilidade sejam mais rígidos, com maior comprometimento das instituições interessadas no setor em realizar as ações que as compete, realizar eventos onde possam ser disseminadas informações e discutidos os gargalos da aqüicultura no Pará e a formação de uma sólida rede de parceiros para capacitar os grupos na organização, gestão das atividades e auxilio no acesso ao mercado. Os criadores de ostras, na sua maioria, são pequenos agricultores, pescadores artesanais, que têm na ostreicultura uma forma de suplementar a renda familiar, ao mesmo tempo como uma maneira de conseguir alimento para seus familiares. No entanto, a ostreicultura é uma atividade secundária para os mesmos, pois ainda não oferece condições de mantê-los. Mas vários criadores já declararam que a partir do momento que conseguirem aumentar a produção de ostras se dedicarão exclusivamente a essa atividade.

Políticas Públicas & Desenvolvimento Rural: o Programa de Microbacias I e II no Estado de São Paulo

Pós-graduação em Geografia - FCT

Impacts of Trade in Non-timber Forest Products on Cooperation among Caboclo Households of the Brazilian Amazon

Trade in non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been touted as promoting forest conservation and enhancing the well-being of local residents through increased cash income, which is considered a positive outcome. However, research on cooperation has demonstrated that increased market access and income may strengthen or weaken cooperation. Because cooperation is essential for community resilience in small-scale societies, negative effects on people's well-being can be expected if increased NTFP trade reduces cooperation. To evaluate whether NTFP trade affected cooperation, we used household data (survey and systematic observations) to compare the frequency of cooperation in two communities of Brazilian Amazon Caboclos, one of which engaged in NTFP trade, while the other did not. Cooperation was less frequent in the community trading NTFPs, but neither household cash income nor household participation in NTFP exploitation was associated with cooperative behavior. Decreased frequency most likely derived from indirect effects of NTFP trade, such as less time to fish or socialize, or other outcomes observable only at the community level, such as income inequality, the influx of new residents and consequent population growth. Our results indicate that conservation and development projects based on NTFP trade may negatively impact social and economic well-being of local communities.