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17% to 45% has been the range of participation of high-tech products among Costa Rica's exports in the last two decades, with 13% of the labor force employed by foreign companies from the zona franca regime (Campos et al., 2024).
17% a 45% ha sido el rango de participación de productos de alta tecnología entre las exportaciones de Costa Rica en las últimas dos décadas, con el 13% de la fuerza laboral empleada por empresas extranjeras del régimen de zona franca (Campos et al., 2024).
Campos, L., Cornick, J., & Trejos, A. (2024). Untapped Opportunities in Global Value Chains: The Case of ADD Countries. Georgetown Americas Institute.
0.385 percentage points was the average contribution of capital accumulation to annual economic growth in Latin America between 1825-2015 (Zaman, 2024).
0.385 puntos porcentuales fue la contribución promedio de la acumulación de capital al crecimiento económico anual en América Latina entre 1825-2015 (Zaman, 2024).
Miethy, Zaman. (2024). Total factor productivity, transitional dynamics and endogenous growth accounting for Latin America: Evidence from two centuries' data. Economics of transition and institutional change, doi: 10.1111/ecot.12411
Nearly 40% of jobs worldwide will be affected by AI, either replacing or complementing them, requiring a balance of policies to harness its potential (IMF, 2024).
IMF. 2024. AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let’s Make Sure It Benefits Humanity.
14% and 12% of the income of the first quintile in Latin America and the Caribbean can be allocated to mobile and fixed broadband, respectively, reflecting a high average cost of the service (ECLAC, 2023).
El costo del servicio para la población del primer quintil puede llegar al 14% y al 12% del ingreso para banda ancha móvil y fija, respectivamente, en el caso de los países de América Latina y el Caribe, siendo un costo promedio aún bastante elevado (CEPAL, 2023)
CEPAL, 2023. Una mirada hacia la digitalización en el sector agrícola en América Latina y el Caribe. Heterogeneidad y políticas públicas
More than 90% of rural households in Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Paraguay have no Internet connection.
Perú, Bolivia, El Salvador y Paraguay más del 90 % de los hogares rurales no cuentan con conexión a Internet.
CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Chile). 2020. Construir un nuevo futuro: una recuperación transformadora con igualdad y sostenibilidad (en línea). Santiago, Chile, ONU. Consultado 12 jul. 2023. Disponible en https://
repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46227/S2000699_es.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
The agrifood supply chain of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) stands out for its resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic, and multiple studies have been conducted to analyze the differential impacts of the pandemic across firms and sectors. Less is known regarding the strategies implemented for business continuity during this catastrophic shock. The purpose of this study was to analyze the responses toward innovations of the LAC agrifood supply chain to the COVID-19 health emergency using data gathered from agribusinesses from 22 LAC countries. The study contributes to the literature by taking a comprehensive look at the responses of businesses along the LAC agrifood chains, and it is also one of the first longer-term quantitative assessments as it considers responses from the first and second years of the pandemic. The results from our two surveys show that over 70% of agribusinesses implemented innovations, revealing firms’ positive and prompt reactions. Although most innovations were longer-term, in many cases, innovations were only temporary. Statistical analyses suggest that the likelihood of implementing longer-term innovations is associated with the agrifood segment, the agrifood chain stage, receiving long-term public or private support, having access to credit, and positive future perspectives about business conditions.
56.6% of the inhabitants of rural areas do not have access to significant connectivity, which is equivalent to 36.2 million people in rural áreas (IICA, et al. 2022).
IICA, et al. 2022
IICA, Banco Mundial, CAF, Bayer, Microsoft y Syngenta. 2022. Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe. Estado de situación, retos y acciones para la digitalización y el desarrollo sostenible. San José de Costa Rica
72 million rural inhabitants in 26 countries in the region lack connectivity with minimum quality standards.
IICA (2022)
Ziegler, Sandra; Arias Segura, Joaquín; Programa de Digitalización Agroalimentaria (PDA)
21% is the increase in the probability of technology adoption among beneficiaries versus controls, estimated via IPW.
El 21 % representa el incremento en la probabilidad de adopción de tecnologías en productores beneficiarios frente a controles, estimado con IPW.
262 (cotton) and 190 (citrus) plots were georeferenced to build NDVI series.
262 (algodón) y 190 (cítricos) parcelas se georreferenciaron para construir series NDVI.
