This document is a synthesis of the region's most pertinent top priorities, of achievements undergone during recent years, and of the challenges and opportunities the region will face in the near future.Abstract: Los países pertenecientes a la región andina han realizado, durante los últimos...

This policy brief is intended to serve as the basis for the discussion of the Ministers of Finance on action needed to promote physical infrastructure and reduce intra-regional trade costs, in the context of the Third Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean held in...

Second Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the CaribbeanAbstract: Segunda Reunión de Ministros de Hacienda de América y El Caribe

A Year in Review 2009 "Regaining Growth through Trade and Integration" is a report prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Vice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge analyzing the major developments in our region during 2009 in the areas of regional integration and trade...

Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin America for short) and Asia and the Pacific (Asia for short) are dynamic and diverse emerging markets in the global economy. Collectively, they constitute a quarter of the global GDP. Both regions hold immense potential for growth, trade, and development;...

This report details the state of LAC-Asia-Pacific trade and investment relations. We reach three main results. Economic ties between Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Asia-Pacific1 have expanded and diversified remarkably over the past few years. Biregional trade has grown in double...

Second Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean

The Fund, which is consistent with the priorities of the Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative of the WTO, will also help to coordinate and mobilize multi-sectoral expertise across governments, non-governmental institutions and private sector, and to strengthen coordination and partnerships with...

Integration into the global economy is a central component of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries development strategy. Trade is an engine for growth and, if accompanied with sound and wide-ranging complementary public and private sector policies and initiatives, has the potential to...