The slowdown in Latin America since 2012 has been accompanied by weak and slightly decelerating potential growth, reflecting sluggish productivity, scarcity of fixed investments and demographic changes. Positive global economic prospects for 2018, the regional cyclical recovery, and policy initiatives to lift productivity are presenting Latin America's leaders with the opportunity to alter that trajectory.
A indústria manufatureira cumpriu papel especial como veículo para a criação de empregos, aumentos de produtividade e crescimento nas economias não avançadas a partir de meados do século passado.…
Household, community-, or national-level stability in income, consumption, or assets, and the supporting foundations thereof are a neglected area of analysis and concern among economists and policymakers. Household- and…
A profundidade da recessão atravessada recentemente pela economia brasileira pode ser notada no declínio, em termos reais, em torno de 30% dos investimentos a partir do início de 2014.…
George Washington University GWU Institute for International Science and Technology Policy Live stream of the IISTP Seminar of Parallel, Overlapping Globalizations with Otaviano Canuto of the World Bank Click…
Outlook on Brazil and Southern Cone Economies Council of the Americas, February 6, 2018 Council of the Americas and FONPLATA held a discussion on the Southern Cone economies in…
Current technological developments in manufacturing are likely to lead to a partial reversal of the wave of fragmentation and global value chains that was at the core of the rise of North-South trade from 1990 onward. At the same time, China – the main hub of the global-growth-cum-structural-change of that period – may attempt to extend the previous wave through its One Belt, One Road initiative.
It is 2018 and ECON+ is delighted to start the year off with another fantastic conversation with Otaviano Canuto, Executive Director at the World Bank, to continue this series of…
10 janeiro 2018 - Otaviano Canuto The cruise speed with which Latin American economies are starting 2018 will be constrained by low investments and weak productivity growth in the…
AMÉRICA LATINA EM VELOCIDADE DE CRUZEIRO … A maioria das economias da América Latina está entrando em 2018 em velocidade de cruzeiro. No ano passado, a região apresentou a…
A velocidade de cruzeiro com a qual as economias latino-americanas estão começando o ano de 2018 será restringida por baixos investimentos e pelo fraco crescimento da produtividade no passado…
Technological advances and the removal of trade barriers have generated sustained trade expansion over the last three decades. The falling cost of shipping and of managing complex production networks…
‘Estamos condenados a ter periódicas reformas da Previdência’, diz diretor do Banco Mundial Camilla Veras Mota - BBC Brasil em São Paulo 4 dezembro 2017 Image caption - Independentemente da discussão sobre…
A 4ª revolução industrial tende a reverter parte da exportação de empregos de economias avançadas para emergentes. Ao mesmo tempo, através da iniciativa “one belt, one road” –conhecida no…
The world economy – and emerging market and developing economies in particular – display a gap between infrastructure needs and its finance. On the one hand, infrastructure investment has…