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National agricultural research systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: changes and challenges
- Author(s):
- Morales Estupiñán, César
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 52
- Date Issued:
- 1998-08
- Physical Description
- 77 p. : diagrs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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Two decades of adjustment and agricultural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Author(s):
- Spoor, Max
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL |
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial |
- Países Bajos. Gobierno
- Serie:
- No.
- 81
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11
- Physical Description
- 33 p. : diagrs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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Introduction (first paragraphs of the introduction) This paper analyses two decades of economic adjustment in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on its impact on the agricultural (and in some cases, the rural) sector. A critical evaluation of the dramatic structural changes that took plac... -
Toward a conceptual framework and public policy agenda for the information society in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Author(s):
- Hilbert, Martin R. |
- Katz, Jorge
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 133
- Date Issued:
- 2002-10
- Physical Description
- 53 p. : il.
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The advent of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the establishment of a global Information Society" are forcing countries of all shapes and sizes to take a fresh look on their development agendas. In order to tackle the challenging task of integrating the Information Societ... -
Job losses, multinationals and globalization: the anatomy of disempowerment
- Author(s):
- Carlson, Beverley A.
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 132
- Date Issued:
- 2002-11
- Physical Description
- 63 p.
- UN symbol:
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Abstract This paper examines the anatomy of the pervasive current job cuts and job losses occuring in multinational enterprises. It raises the question of the social and economic costs to countries and workers around the globe, and specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyzes the... -
Science and technology policies in open economies: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Author(s):
- Cimoli, Mario |
- Ferraz, João Carlos |
- Primi, Annalisa
- Corporate Author(s):
- German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
- NU. CEPAL |
- Program Modernization of the State, Public Administration and Local and Regional Economical Development: Component 2: Promotion of Productive Development GER/04/003 |
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 165
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10
- Physical Description
- 57 p. : gráfs., tabls.
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Abstract Technical change and economic development are unequivocally related. But it still is a matter of debate how to close this loop and, even more, how to design proper policies to stimulate knowledge accumulation and diffusion. Evolutionarists and institutionalists demonstrate -to paraphrase... -
Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Author(s):
- Chen, Taotao |
- Pérez Ludeña, Miguel
- Serie:
- No.
- 195
- Date Issued:
- 2014-01
- Physical Description
- 28 p.; grafs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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Although Chinese corporations were relatively unknown in Latin America until a few years ago, their direct investments in the region have averaged about US$10 billion per year since 2010. Their presence and economic leverage have become very significant in many industries and countries of the regio... -
Social dimensions of economic development and productivity: inequality and social performance
- Publisher:
- Carlson, Beverley A.
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 56
- Date Issued:
- 1999-08
- Physical Description
- 77 p. : diagrs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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Abstract Stable, sustainable economic development cannot be achieved unless and until social development also takes place. Consequently, the social dimensions of economic development and productivity are as important as the economic dimensions. In Latin America, inequality is the social dimension o...
