Composition Of Trade In Latin America And The Caribbean

Author : Xiaodan Ding,Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475585582

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Composition of Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean by Xiaodan Ding,Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov Pdf

This study analyzes composition of goods trade in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) along four main dimensions: revealed comparative advantage, product complexity, sophistication, and diversification. After describing some key trade patterns over the last half century, it compares the findings for LAC with other regions. Second, the study investigates how infrastructure quality, education, and tariff levels affect export composition. Third, using an approach based on product proximity, it aims to predict changes in LAC’s future composition of exports. The study concludes that policies to upgrade human capital and infrastructure are essential for increasing LAC’s export share in high-skill products.

Author : Vivianne Ventura-Dias,Mabel Cabezas B.,Mabel Cabezas,Jaime Contador,United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. International Trade and Development Finance Division. International Trade Unit
Publisher : Santiago, Chile : United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Trade and Development Finance Division, International Trade Unit
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822031379001

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Trade Reforms and Trade Patterns in Latin America by Vivianne Ventura-Dias,Mabel Cabezas B.,Mabel Cabezas,Jaime Contador,United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. International Trade and Development Finance Division. International Trade Unit Pdf

A paper considering the composition of exports as a crucial determinant of the relationship between exports and growth. The trade performance of 16 Latin American countries is examined over the last 20 years, grouping trade data according to the technology used to produce individual goods.

Author : Christian Volpe Martincus
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597821230

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Odyssey in International Markets by Christian Volpe Martincus Pdf

Despite progress in communication technologies, lack of information still severely handicaps companies seeking to operate in international markets. Furthermore, the investments that these companies must make to gather the information required to trade with foreign markets may yield reduced returns and may consequently be low from a social point of view as third parties may derive benefits from this same information. Thus, lack of information may negatively affect trade, and thereby productivity and economic growth. For these reasons, firms carrying out export projects may require support to overcome information barriers. This is precisely the service that export promotion organizations provide. But, there is little evidence on how well these organizations perform this task. Export promotion is costly, and the resources used might be better employed elsewhere. In order to ascertain that these resources are, in fact, being well invested, it must be first determined whether the policy initiatives they finance have an impact on those variables that are supposed to affect, in this case, exports. Making this determination is the aim of this report. This study first makes a comprehensive analysis of export promotion organizations in some three dozens of countries and regions; and second, it provides robust evaluations, using state-of-the-art econometrics and original data sets purposely compiled, of the impacts that policies have had on export outcomes of countries and firms. Findings reported in this study suggest that trade promotion has been effective in facilitating export expansion, especially along the extensive margin. At the same time, the report points the need for further research to gain deeper insights into its relative merits.

Author : Ms.Kimberly Beaton,Aliona Cebotari,Andras Komaromi
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475585551

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Revisiting the Link between Trade, Growth and Inequality by Ms.Kimberly Beaton,Aliona Cebotari,Andras Komaromi Pdf

We revisit the relationship between international trade, economic growth and inequality with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper combines two approaches: First, we employ a cross-country panel framework to analyze the macroeconomic effects of international trade on economic growth and inequality considering the strength of trade connections as well as characteristics of countries’ export markets and products. Second, we consider event studies of past episodes of trade liberalization to extract general lessons on the impact of trade liberalization on economic growth and its structure and inequality. Both approaches consistently point to two broad messages: First, trade openness and connectivity to the center of the trade network has substantial macroeconomic benefits. Second, we do not find a statistically significant or economically sizable direct impact of trade on overall income inequality.

Author : Laborde Debucquet, David,Piñeiro, Valeria
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Trade tensions: Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean by Laborde Debucquet, David,Piñeiro, Valeria Pdf

To better understand the likely impacts for Latin America and the Caribbean of developments in global trade, we modeled a set of four scenarios to see how escalating trade tensions would affect the region’s economies and the potential for a regional response to mitigate possible negative impacts. This article reviews the results of that modeling exercise.

Author : United States Tariff Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Latin America
ISBN : IND:30000088935881

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The Foreign Trade of Latin America by United States Tariff Commission Pdf

Author : Thomas O'Keefe
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004180697

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Latin American and Caribbean Trade Agreements by Thomas O'Keefe Pdf

Latin American and Caribbean Trade Agreements: Keys to a Prosperous Community of the Americas is the essential reference guide for companies trading with Latin America and the Caribbean or wishing to use a country in the region as an export platform. This work fills the void in academic texts that are used to teach courses on economic integration in the Western Hemisphere. It provides a road map for the Obama Administration to launch an ambitious project designed to encourage economic growth, promote energy security, and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, while at the same time realistically meeting the development needs of Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin American and Caribbean Trade Agreements: Keys to a Prosperous Community of the Americas posits that the myopic focus of past United States administrations on free markets to spur economic development in the Western Hemisphere is not enough. A bolder and more ambitious project that also seeks to redress many of the deep-seated problems that have long plagued the region is required. The Community of the Americas proposed in this book rests upon the important work that has already been done at the sub-regional level in terms of economic and political reform, identifying infrastructure and human capital needs, and regulating migration. It provides a new and cohesive vision for U.S. policy in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Author : V. Bulmer-Thomas
Publisher : University of London Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822031579535

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Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean by V. Bulmer-Thomas Pdf

This collection is a sober assessment of the state of regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. It studies the question from four perspectives: economic, institutional, political, and in relation to the rest of the world. It considers the questions raised by LAC countries' efforts to use 'new' regionalism to address the challenges of globalization and to explore the nature and meaning of open regionalism. This thematic treatment draws on the experience of the different schemes currently in place in the region: NAFTA, CACM, CARICOM, the Andean Community and MERCOSUR. It also examines the nature of globalization, including concerns over the relationship between regionalism and the multilateral system. There is now a broad consensus among LAC countries that regional integration can help them adjust to the new world order, but there is much less agreement on how to achieve it and what reforms are needed to bring it about.

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher : New York : United Nations
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:35007000252639

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Structural Changes in Ports and the Competitiveness of Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Trade by United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Pdf

Author : Mikio Kuwayama
Publisher : Santiago, Chile : Naciones Unidas
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822034516476

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Latin American South-south Integration and Cooperation by Mikio Kuwayama Pdf

Author : Norman Loayza,Pablo Fajnzylber,C©?sar Calder©?n
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821360910

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Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean by Norman Loayza,Pablo Fajnzylber,C©?sar Calder©?n Pdf

Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are suffering severe economic downturns and the success of market-oriented reforms is being called into question. This report seeks to contribute to the debate by examining the nature of economic growth in the region. The aim is threefold: to describe the basic characteristics of growth; explain differences across countries and to forecast changes over the next decade.

Author : Osvaldo Rosales,Keiji Inoue,Nanno Mulder
Publisher : UN
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89122107279

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Rising Concentration in Asia-Latin American Value Chains by Osvaldo Rosales,Keiji Inoue,Nanno Mulder Pdf

Dynamic Asia has overtaken the European Union as Latin America and the Caribbean's second largest export market, after the United States. However, the region's exports to Asia remain concentrated in few commodities involved a small number of large firms. This book explores the present and future scope for the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in biregional trade and value chains and the measures that can be taken to make those chains more inclusive and sustainable. It encourages governments in Latin America to improve the business environment in order to encourage multinational firms to invest, upgrade and innovate in the region.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211217105

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Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy by United Nations Pdf

The 2008-2009 edition of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy is divided into three chapters. Chapter I offers a medium-term view of the current international economic conditions, examining in particular the variables that are most likely to shift global scenarios and affect the position of the Latin America and Caribbean economies in the world economy. Chapter II looks at the immediate and long-term implications of the current crisis for regional trade patterns, in terms of origins, destinations and the sectoral composition of trade flows. It also analyses the behaviour of commodity prices, terms of trade, international trade in services, tourism, foreign direct investment (FDI) and remittances. Lastly, the region's trade policy responses to the crisis are discussed. Chapter III examines opportunities for regional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Author : Osvaldo Rosales,Mikio Kuwayama
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9210210824

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China and Latin America and the Caribbean by Osvaldo Rosales,Mikio Kuwayama Pdf

The economies of China and of the Latin America and the Caribbean region are the current global growth poles and, over the coming years, will grow twice or three times as quickly as the industrialised economies, which will have to adjust to slower growth and higher unemployment. The present juncture offers an opportunity to rethink global and regional partnership strategies and to put greater emphasis on South-South ties in trade, foreign direct investment FDI) and cooperation. In this document, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) posits that China and the Latin America and the Caribbean region now enjoy a sufficiently mature relationship and are poised to make a qualitative leap towards a mutually beneficial strategic alliance.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9211217423

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Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy by United Nations Pdf

The 2008-2009 edition of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy is divided into three chapters. Chapter I offers a medium-term view of the current international economic conditions, examining in particular the variables that are most likely to shift global scenarios and affect the position of the Latin America and Caribbean economies in the world economy. Chapter II looks at the immediate and long-term implications of the current crisis for regional trade patterns, in terms of origins, destinations and the sectoral composition of trade flows. It also analyzes the behavior of commodity prices, terms of trade, international trade in services, tourism, foreign direct investment (FDI) and remittances. Lastly, the region's trade policy responses to the crisis are discussed. Chapter III examines opportunities for regional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.