between Central and South American countries, the differences are also pronounced within each ... and cultural differences of the host and source countries would be a hopeless strategy, given the uniformity of those indicators for the host countries in the study
destination in Latin America during the post-NAFTA period. Instead, countries like Chile ... the country experiencing the largest increases in FDI inflows between the pre-and post ... in the table, and other countries also outperformed Mexico in terms of rises in FDI
of other countries in the region – i.e., that NAFTA led to investment diversion ... integration -- in addition to trade integration - of its member countries. In particular, it may prompt a substantial rise in foreign investment inflows to FTA newcomers
Figure 1: Average Tariffs – Selected Latin AmericanCountriesAverage unweighted tariff (percent) a or a s ua á o il a le ia a as ra ic al m ic in bi hi liv ad ag R éx m nt om du na Br C Bo lv te ge ar ta M on Pa Sa ol ua os ic Ar ... of the trade reforms of the early 1990s, Central American countries also restructured ... which exempted firms from import, sales and income taxes. Most countries in the region
Disposable Consumption Investment Income Trade Balance to GDP Government ... Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela outlier Average Median Max Min Disposable income = GDP-taxes revenue; consumption = household final consumption; investment = gross capital
driven comparative advantages: land-abundant Latin America has relatively high market ... some of the tables in this chapter). Relative to Latin America, Asia ... in Manufacturing Market Share, 1972 to 2001 These trends may indicate that countries
Among the developing countries, the drop was less dramatic–a drop of nearly 14 percent. Annual FDI ... to CBERA beneficiaries were 2.8 percent of FDI to all developing countries. During the period 1998 through 2002, FDI to CBERA countries decreased from $7.4 billion to $4 ... Table 3-6 Foreign direct investment inflows for Latin America and the Caribbean
index” for FDI inflows between China and several Latin Americacountries ... to China and Latin America. Significant differences are evident, since FDI to China ... by investment in manufacturing, while other sectors predominate in the case of Latin America
Note: FDI Source Coincidence Index: SCICh, j = 1 – 0.5* |Sharei, Ch – Sharei, j|. Calculated from OECD FDI flows from source countries (i countries) to China and Latin Americancountries and Korea. One less one half multiplied by the sum of the difference ... Figure 6.8 FDI Flows Evolution from the United States to Latin America and China and Hong Kong, 1990-2001 (US$ millions) Latin LAC America China Source: OECD (2002)
detail, Figure 6.6 shows the composition of FDI flows to China and Latin America ... the source coincidence index for several Latin Americancountries, South Korea and India, for comparison. The results confirm the previous findings that Latin Americancountries