November 2011 Capital Flows to Latin America: Recent Developments October 17, 2011 Washington D.C. U.S. Chamber of Commerce AACCLA's 44th Annual Meeting "Forecast on Latin America and the Caribbean" Conference The Director of the ECLAC Washington Office, Inés Bustillo, participated as a panelist in this conference. OBSERVATORIO DEL CONTROL ADUANERO DE LAS IMPORTACIONES (OCAI) Nota periódica March 2011 Esta nota actualiza la información disponible en el Observatorio del Control Aduanero de las Importaciones (OCAI) OBSERVATORY OF IMPORTS CUSTOMS CONTROLS (OCAI) Periodic Note March 2011 This note presents information available in the Observatory of Imports Customs Control (OCAI, by its Spanish acronym) December 2010 United States Trade Developments 2009-2010 ECLAC statistics: Tourism Revenues Represent over 30% of GDP in Some of the Region's Countries In Caribbean nations, the economic importance of tourism represents more than 16% of output. ECLAC launches three studies on the subject: Brazil, Argentina and Colombia Lead Biofuel Production in the Region United Nations agency studied the opportunities and risks of developing these products in Latin America and the Caribbean. March 2011 Capital Flows to Latin America: 2010 Overview and recent developments Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México 4 y 5 de abril, 2011 CEPAL-OEA Foro Negocios Verdes Robert Feinberg Antidumping and the global financial crisis: the impact on Latin America and the Caribbean Raquel Artecona and Robert Grundke Estimating the effects of United States food safety and agricultural health standards on agro-food exports from Latin America and the Caribbean Marelia Martínez Rivas Aspectos determinantes del estado de situación de la facilitación del transporte en América Latina: el caso de Colombia y el Perú (Comunidad Andina de Naciones) Climate Summit in Cancún (COP16): Climate Change Is Expected to Cost Latin American Countries at Least 1% of Annual GDP In Cancún, ECLAC presented a report on the potential economic costs of climate change in the region by the end of the century if global mitigation and adaptive actions are not taken. At the end of the Ministerial Conference held in Lima, Peru: Countries Adopt Plan to Achieve an Information Society with Universal Access Authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean approved the eLAC2015 Plan that aims to promote the use of ICTs as a means of achieving more inclusive development According to an ECLAC report: Poverty in Latin America Fell in 2010 and Returns to the Pre-Crisis Trend Thanks to the region's economic recovery, the number of poor people will fall to the same levels as in 2008 (180 million inhabitants). October 2010 Capital Flows to Latin America: Recent Developments July 2010 Capital Flows to Latin America: Recent Developments Santiago de Chile, Chile 27 y 28 de julio, 2010 Taller: "Herramientas para alcanzar una gestión empresarial ambientalmente responsable: del diagnóstico a la evaluación" y "Mesa de Diálogo sobre el rol de los diferentes actores involucrados en la implementación de la responsabilidad social empresarial" OBSERVATORIO DEL CONTROL ADUANERO DE LAS IMPORTACIONES (OCAI) Nota periódica Esta nota actualiza la información disponible en el Observatorio del Control Aduanero de las Importaciones (OCAI) (ver ECLAC, Studies and Perspectives, Washington Office, 5). United States-Latin America and the Caribbean Trade Developments 2008-2009 Anna Luisa Paffhausen, Carolina Peguero and Laura Roche-Villarreal Medical tourism: a survey Patricia Weiss Fagen, Ph.D. The migration of healthcare workers in the western hemisphere: issues and impacts María Emilia Correa, Bernhardus Van Hoof, Georgina Núñez, Coordinadora Cambio y oportunidad: la responsabilidad social corporativa como fuente de competitividad en pequeñas y medianas empresas en América Latina y el Caribe. Kalim U. Shah, Maria Hinostroza, Georgina Núñez (Coordinator) Promoting corporate social responsibility in small and medium enterprises in the Caribbean: methodology report Inés Bustillo and Helvia Velloso The global financial crisis: what happened and what's next Raquel Artecona y Fernando A. Flores Observatorio del control aduanero a las importaciones de Estados Unidos: estándares técnicos 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 1120 - Washington, D.C. 20006 - U.S.A. Telephone: (202) 955-5613 Fax: (202) 296-0826 Email: info.eclacwasheclac.org / Terms & Conditions / © United Nations, 2000