Regional Competitiveness can be defined as the region's potential in the long run enforce economically in competition with other regions while maintaining social cohesion and environmental sustainability. This ability is determined by many factors, such as innovation, technological progress,...

Este libro forma parte de las actividades conmemorativas del quincuagésimo aniversario de la fundación del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) de la CEPAL. Para su elaboración se han reunido las contribuciones de antiguos funcionarios, expertos...

This is the most in-depth study of the economic partnership between the European Union and the CARIFORUM countries, a group of fifteen small developing economies in the Caribbean. The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is the first trade agreement of its kind, as it is a new type...

Improving market access in industrial countries and retaining preferences have been the Caribbean's two key objectives in the Doha Round trade negotiations. The literature argues that Caribbean negotiators may have overlooked the potential market access gains in developing countries, where trade...