Latin America and the Caribbean

in the World Economy

2007-2008

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy is an annual report prepared by the Division of International Trade and Integration of ECLAC. The Statistics and Economic Projections Division, the Economic Development Division, the Division of Production, Productivity and Management and the Commission’s country office in Washington, D.C. assisted with the preparation of this year’s edition. The production of the report as a whole was overseen by Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the Division of International Trade and Integration. Mikio Kuwayama, Chief of the International Trade Unit, was responsible for its technical coordination.

In addition to Osvaldo Rosales and Mikio Kuwayama, the following individuals were involved in preparing and drafting the chapters included in this year’s edition: Mariano Alvarez, Claudia de Camino, Jaime Contador, José Elías Durán, Myriam Echeverría, Alfonso Finot, German King, Raúl Holz, Ekaterina Krivonos, Marcelo LaFleur,
José Carlos Mattos, Graciela Moguillansky, Nanno Mulder, Andrea Pellandra, Gastón Rigollet, Sebastián Sáez, Juliana Salles and Gingyi Zhang.

The statistical appendix was prepared by Jaime Contador in collaboration with Andrés Yáñez. It is appended to this document as a CD-ROM and is also available online at: http://www.eclac.org/Comercio/ paninsal/Anexo2007_2008/ingles/.