The Institutional Framework as a competitiveness factor in Latin America

National Competitiveness in Comparative Perspective: Evidence from Latin America

The term competitiveness is widely applied as a catch-all for investor-friendly policies and institutions. This article argues that sloppy applications of the term ignore the possibilities of policy tradeoffs and varieties of institutional choices. Popular conceptualizations of the term describe three discernible clusters of economic policies and institutions. One cluster captures openness to i...

Competitiveness and New Technologies in Latin America OBSTACLES TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND THE SIZE OF FIRMS IN LATIN AMERICA

C Co om mp pe et ti it ti iv ve en ne es ss s a an nd d N Ne ew w T Te ec ch hn no ol lo og gi ie es s i in n L La at ti in n A Am me er ri ic ca a Abstract * Business development in Latin America faces great difficulties. Businessmen assign an alarming importance to the problem of lack of financing. Major outstanding problems also include excessive taxes and regulation, policy instability and,...

Heterogeneity Poverty Scenarios as a Factor of Technology Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean

New basic factors are affecting the orientation of the research strategies of the CGIAR Centers and national research and transfer of technology institutions in the region (NARI ́s). Global macroeconomy changes imply a new set of rules that are followed by the economies of the region and a redefinition of the terms to face the problems of access to income and ways of overcoming food insecurity a...

Trade liberalization and industrial competitiveness: The case of manufactured exports from Latin America (preliminary draft)

Determinants and policies to foster the competitiveness of SME clusters: Evidence from Latin America

This paper attempts to identify key determinants of competitiveness in SME clusters, with especial reference to Latin America. It takes the debate forward as its extended framework adds countryand firm-level determinants to the existing cluster-level factors of the “collective efficiency” approach. Based on an enlarged analytical framework, policies recommendations to foster clusters’ competiti...