Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document

Although Chinese corporations were relatively unknown in Latin America until a few years ago, their direct investments in the region have averaged about US$10 billion per year since 2010. Their presence and economic leverage have become very significant in many industries and countries of the regi...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Libro en línea
Publicado: ECLAC 2014
Materias:
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11362/35927
http://hdl.handle.net/11362/35927
id oai:dspace6-d1:11362-35927
record_format Libro electrónico
spelling oai:dspace6-d1:11362-35927 Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document NU. CEPAL INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT Although Chinese corporations were relatively unknown in Latin America until a few years ago, their direct investments in the region have averaged about US$10 billion per year since 2010. Their presence and economic leverage have become very significant in many industries and countries of the region, but their motivation, strategy and procedures are not always well understood by Latin America’s governments, businesses and civil society. Similarly, Chinese companies still need to gain a better understanding of Latin America’s business environment and opportunities. This working document is an input for discussing the future of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America at the China - Latin America cross-council taskforce at the Summit on the Global Agenda, to be held under the auspices of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Abu Dhabi on 18-20 November 2013. It was prepared jointly by Taotao Chen, Professor of Finance of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University in China and member of the WEF Global Agenda Council on China, and by Miguel Pérez Ludeña, Economic Affairs Officer at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), under the supervision of Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and Vice-Chair of the WEF Global Agenda Council on Latin America. The rise in Chinese outward foreign direct investment .-- Overview of Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America .-- Extractive industries receive most capital .-- Infrastructure needs and capacities .-- Manufacturing investments are concentrated in Brazil .-- Conclusions and perspectives. 2014-03-13T13:28:36Z 2014-03-13T13:28:36Z 2013-11 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/35927 LC/L.3729 en .pdf application/pdf AMERICA LATINA CHINA CHINA LATIN AMERICA ECLAC
building Cepal
institution Sistema Integrado de Documentación
collection Libros Digitales Cepal
format Libro en línea
title Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document
spellingShingle Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document
INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA
DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
title_short Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document
title_full Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document
title_fullStr Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document
title_full_unstemmed Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce. Working document
title_sort chinese foreign direct investment in latin america and the caribbean: china-latin america cross-council taskforce. working document
topic INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA
DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
description Although Chinese corporations were relatively unknown in Latin America until a few years ago, their direct investments in the region have averaged about US$10 billion per year since 2010. Their presence and economic leverage have become very significant in many industries and countries of the region, but their motivation, strategy and procedures are not always well understood by Latin America’s governments, businesses and civil society. Similarly, Chinese companies still need to gain a better understanding of Latin America’s business environment and opportunities. This working document is an input for discussing the future of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America at the China - Latin America cross-council taskforce at the Summit on the Global Agenda, to be held under the auspices of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Abu Dhabi on 18-20 November 2013. It was prepared jointly by Taotao Chen, Professor of Finance of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University in China and member of the WEF Global Agenda Council on China, and by Miguel Pérez Ludeña, Economic Affairs Officer at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), under the supervision of Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and Vice-Chair of the WEF Global Agenda Council on Latin America.
publisher ECLAC
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/35927
http://hdl.handle.net/11362/35927
_version_ 1711602114408480768