Trade is a major opportunity to improve the living conditions of thousands of women in Latin America There is no question that foreign trade is beneficial for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It generates economic growth and employment and improves wages, as the IDB study Trading Promises for Results concludes. It also promotes innovation, productivity increases, … [Read more...] about The gender gap: trade Tetris in Latin America
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Trade in the Time of Pandemic: How COVID-19 has impacted firms in 6 Latin American countries
The pandemic is predicted to have a significant negative impact on international trade. According to WTO projections, Latin America and the Caribbean’s exports and imports are expected to experience a pronounced decrease this year, reaching at least 13% and 22% respectively --in line with the estimates for the world. Available aggregate data confirm that the region’s trade … [Read more...] about Trade in the Time of Pandemic: How COVID-19 has impacted firms in 6 Latin American countries
Small Latin American companies aiming to sell their products to the world
Por Soraya Constante The COVID-19 pandemic might have slowed brick-and-mortar businesses, but nothing seems able to dampen the aspirations of companies whose lifeblood is innovation and creativity. Rather than manufacturing, these businesses focus on “mindfacturing,” a term coined by Spanish innovation expert Juan José Goñi to describe the production of knowledge and … [Read more...] about Small Latin American companies aiming to sell their products to the world
Strategies and mechanisms to promote the convergence of trade agreements in Latin America
It is high time that trade integration processes in Latin America achieve convergence between the region’s many bilateral agreements in order to extend the benefits that these bring while extending the originating status of a given good so that it can circulate freely. … [Read more...] about Strategies and mechanisms to promote the convergence of trade agreements in Latin America
Laudato Si’: In Praise of Ecology
At IDB/INTAL we have analyzed the different chapters of the papal encyclical Laudato Si’ in the light of the challenges that regional integration is currently facing. To do so, we asked more than 30 experts from different fields to put forward concrete ideas inspired by Pope Francis’s philosophical guidelines. The outcome is a publication that is in many ways unique: it … [Read more...] about Laudato Si’: In Praise of Ecology