Appendix D

Information Sources

1. Principal Information Sources

This section of the report identifies some of the principal information sources that were used to date and may assist further research. Additional sources are referenced elsewhere in the text of this report.

Latin American Network Information Center
LANIC is an excellent and widely recognized source of information on Latin America. LANIC is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. In particular LANIC maintains comprehensive country profiles. The example of Jamaica can be found at : http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/

Business News Americas
Company profile and information database on industries in Latin America. Very useful source, even without subscription. Business News Americas is a source of extensive company information. Business News Americas also produces substantive market reports: http://bnamericas.com/

Inter-American Dialogue
The Inter-American Dialogue is a leading U.S. center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs:
http://www.thedialogue.org/

Comparing Canada's Engagement in Latin America and Asia
The Conference Board of Canada had planned for 2007 an analysis comparing Canada's engagement in Latin America and Asia. The report does not appear to be available at this time: http://www.conferenceboard.ca

Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
CALACS facilitates networking and information exchange among persons, in Canada and abroad, engaged in teaching and research on Latin America and the Caribbean, fosters especially within Canadian universities, colleges, and other centres of higher education, the expansion of information on and interest in Latin America and the Caribbean; and represents the academic and professional interests of Canadian Latin Americanists : http://www.can-latam.org/

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Canadian Foundation for the Americas
"Canada in the Americas; the Ebbs and Flows of Assuming a Significant Role", 2007: www.focal.ca/pdf/Torres_Canada_in_the_Americas_chapter.pdf

Export Development Canada Presentation
"Support to Canadian Investment Abroad", CCBC Round Table Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 2007 :  www.ccbc.org.br/download/Fernanda_Custodio_301107rj.ppt

Scotiabank Presentation
"A Critical Look at Neglect and Opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean; Canadian Investment & Trade in Latin America, Obstacles & Opportunities" 2006:  http://www.focal.ca/pdf/PBreard.pdf

Bank Information Center, Latin America
The Bank Information Center partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability: http://www.bicusa.org/en/Region.4.aspx

Latin Business Chronicle
Latin America buiness information. Ready source of information on upcoming major trade and investment conferences: http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/

The 2008 Latin American Economic Outlook Report
OECD report
http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,3343,en_2649_37417_38789800_1_1_1_37417,00.html
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/11/39797645.pdf (related ppt in Spanish)

U.S. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Latin America Strategy
Numerous useful reports.
http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Latin-America/0-strategy-paper.php
http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Latin-America/index.php
http://www.nzte.govt.nz/common/files/p4-seminar-oehninger.pdf
http://www.nzte.govt.nz/common/files/p4-seminar-walker.pdf

Australia Foreign Affairs
Extensive information on Australia's commercial relationship with Latin America.
http://www.dfat.gov.au/coalar/index.html

Danish Latin America Strategy
http://www.um.dk/en/servicemenu/News/NewsArchives2007/ReleaseOfTheGovernmentsNeWDanishLatinAmericaStrategy.htm

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise has on-line, easy-to-use market studies for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. This is current information and very useful as an introduction to these markets, although the reports are of course from a New Zealand perspective.
http://www.marketnewzealand.com/MNZ/services/14431.aspx

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Austrade
Good source of detailed market studies by country and sector.
http://www.austrade.gov.au/Industry-Country/default.aspx

UK Trade and Investment
UK Trade and Investment is an authoritative information source on international business opportunities.
https://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/countries?_nfls=false&_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=countries_landing

U.S. Department of Commerce
Industry Canada's Strategis allows access to an exhaustive array of U.S. Department of Commerce international market studies, at
http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/imr-ri2.nsf/en/gr-01000e.html
U.S. DOC International Market Insights are available on Strategis. Second URL is example of Chile.
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/imr-ri2.nsf/en/gr00002e.html
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/imr-ri2.nsf/en/gr-01718e.html
U.S. DOC Market of the Month. Countries covered in this useful, recent series include Chile, Colombia, and Peru. These reports contain especially useful information on specific opportunities. Cutting and pasting the URLs, as is often the case at US DOC, is unreliable, but searches can locate these documents.
http://www.export.gov/articles/mom_colombia_link1.asp
U.S. DOC Doing Business in ... Reports from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Example given is Doing Business in the Caribbean.
http://www.buyusa.gov/caribbean/en/

Multilateral Development Banks
Valuable information sources include the sites of the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, North American Development Bank, and Caribbean Development Bank, along with regional financial agencies such as the Andean Development Corporation.

Inter-American Development Bank
Research Department: Macroeconomics
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_list.cfm?pub_type_id=MAC&language=En

Alberta Market Studies
Alberta has available on-line International Market Development Profiles for Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Venezuela.
http://www.alberta-canada.com/export/internationalMarketProfiles/index.cfm

Manitoba Market Studies
Manitoba has available on-line market study information guides for Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and several Central American countries.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/trade/country/lac/index.html

Ontario International Trade Branch
The Government of Ontario informs website users of export opportunities in various markets.
http://www.ontarioexportsinc.com/oei/redirect.jsp?page=English/Target_Your_Market/Finger_Tip_World.html

CEDQ Market Studies
CEDQ at one time produced market reports for Quebec industry. Numerous LAC studies were undertaken.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031020021410/http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/asp/Publications/doc_domaine_activites.asp?LANG=EN&FICHIER_RETOUR=doc_domaine_activites.asp#107

World Bank Foreign Direct Investment
Source of information on FDI and FDI opportunities.
http://www.fdi.net/

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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
"Latin America and the Caribbean. Projections 2006-2007". A good source of macroeconomic data, including presentations indicating strong GDP growth across LAC countries from 2004 to 2007.
http://www.eclac.org/estadisticas/default.asp?idioma=IN

Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance
Perhaps indicative on burgeoning interest in high technology markets in Latin America, in 2006 a Guide to Business Development in Latin America was published. The Guide was written to respond to CATA's needs analysis survey of companies doing business in or planning to expand in Latin America.
http://www.cata.ca/Media_and_Events/Press_Releases/cata_pr09210601.html

Virtual Business Corridors: A New Gateway to Latin America's High-Tech Industries
Companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay now have access to specialized electronic highways, Virtual Business Corridors (VBCs), that lead directly to other companies in Latin America and Canada. With funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the new VBCs are the result of a collaboration between business associations in Latin America and the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA), which manages the electronic corridors. The project is intended to help Latin American industries enhance business communications, increase their level of collaborative research and development, and promote strategic alliances and partnerships.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-5555-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Scientific Collaboration between Canada and Developing Countries
(Prepared for the Office of the National Science Advisor) March 2005
www.science-metrix.com/pdf/SM_2005_002_CNS_Collaboration_Canada-Developing_Countries.pdf

Ranking National Innovative Capacity
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/sstern/htm/NEWresearchpage/Publications/Porter%20Stern%20GCR%202003.pdf

Chile's Competitiveness: Where Does the Country Stand?
www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/Chile_CAON_2005.06.24.pdf

Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2006/2007
This authoritative report is a good source of information about how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment.
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/COMMERCE.WEB/product_files/Mining06rv2.pdf

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The department provides exhaustive Market Information for Latin America and the Caribbean, at: http://atn-riae.agr.ca/info/lac-e.htm

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Canada's Trade and Investment Performance in Latin America
This is an older Industry Canada report.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/eas-aes.nsf/vwapj/tim2000e.pdf/$FILE/tim2000e.pdf

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
DFAIT has numerous valuable information sources addressing Latin America. Some of the most pertinent to this study are selected below.
http://www.international.gc.ca/
http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/

Re-Engaging the Americas Through Trade and Investment
February 22, 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, Notes for an Address by the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade at Latin America Commitment Lunch, Hosted by Canadian Council for the Americas - British Columbia.

• Extract of particular note: " To help our businesses and investors succeed in Latin American and Caribbean markets, we're putting a new focus on getting more Canadian Trade Commissioners on the ground throughout the Americas."
• A synopsis of this presentation is available, prepared by CCA BC, but the full address is at the URL below.

http://w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/Publication.aspx?isRedirect=True&Language=E&publication_id=385883&docnumber=2008/3

Brazil Market Plan, October 2007
http://infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/DisplayDocument.jsp?did=76231

DFAIT Country Economic Profiles
The example given at URL below is Peru.
http://infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/DisplayDocument.jsp?did=61750

DFAIT Market Studies
http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/IndustrySector.jsp

Country and Regional Information, Latin America and the Caribbean
http://geo.international.gc.ca/cip-pic/geo/lac-alc-en.aspx

Notes for an Address by the Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, Minister for International Trade, at the Energy Issues in Latin America Conference, "Expanding Our Trade Relationships with Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities", Calgary, Alberta, October 10, 2002
(Older item but with focus especially relevant to Western Canada)

• The Canadian government's target countries in Latin America have traditionally been Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, those with substantial heavy oil resources.
• The Canadian energy services industry is competitive ... the oil and gas sector in the Americas continues to show great promise.

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:e1wJfqDtFvoJ:w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/Publication.asp%3Fpublication_id%3D379940%26Language%3DE%2B379940%2BDFAIT&hl=en&strip=1

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Notes for an Address by the Honourable Peter Mackay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, "Expanding Trade and Foreign Relations in the the Americas: Canada Counts", Toronto, March 25, 2007

• Latin America is changing. It is becoming more prosperous, more competitive and more innovative, and more challenging in some respects. And Canada must be part of this process of change.
• Today, whether it's mining, power generation, education and financial services, oil and gas, or telecommunications, Canadians and Canadian companies are there to invest in growing economies.
• Canada continues to be a partner in a variety of educational and aid development projects throughout the Caribbean community.
• Canada has now become the second-largest investor in Latin America, surpassing Spain.

http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/PublicationContentOnly.asp?publication_id=385184&Language=E&MODE=CONTENTONLY&Local=False

Seventh Annual Report on Canada's State of Trade, Trade and Investment Update, 2007
http://www.international.gc.ca/eet/trade/sot_2007/sot-2007-en.asp

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada's S&T Program
http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/science/program-en.htm

DFAIT Office of the Chief Economist
http://www.DFAIT-maeci.gc.ca/eet/menu-en.asp#trade

DFAIT Country News Sites
The Government of Canada maintains websites that can be accessed by the following URL format: http://www.country.gc.ca/ An example would be http://www.peru.gc.ca/.

2. Bilateral Trade Associations

Cámara de Comercio Chile - Canadá
(Spanish only.)
http://www.chile-canada-chamber.cl/new/index.htm

Cámara de Comercio Venezolano Canadiense
(Spanish only.)
http://www.cancham.com.ve/

Cámara de Comercio Canadá - Perú
(Spanish only)
http://www.canadaperu.org/

Cámara de Comercio Ecuatoriano Canadiense
(Spanish only)
http://www.ecucanchamber.org/

Chamber of Commerce Canada and Guatemala
(Spanish only)
http://www.canchamguate.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=39

Chamber of Commerce Canada and El Salvador
http://www.canadaelsalvador.org/

Colombo Canadian Chamber of Commerce
http://www.cccc.com.co/es/

Federation of Andean/Canadian Bilateral Trade Associations
http://www.cccc.com.co/docs/sociospromocion-eng.pdf

Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce
http://www.ccacanada.com/

Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá
http://www.ccbc.org.br/ingles/default.asp
The Canada-Brazil trade association website includes a members list.

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3. Interesting Reading

Two Articles from Wharton University
Latin America: Once a Money Pit, Now a Profitable Investment
http://www.wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=1193&language=english&specialId=
'Trans-Latin' Corporations: The New Conquistadors of America
http://www.wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=1406&language=english

The Forgotten Partners: Canadian Private Sector Involvement in Latin America
MBA candidate's paper, circa 2002 but of background interest.
http://cibs.management.dal.ca/Files/pdf%27s/DP-188.pdf

Strategic Plan for International Activities to 2010 of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
A report on some strategic thinking in Australia with respect to international science and engineering activities, of possible relevance to international development of Western Canada's innovation clusters.
www.atse.org.au/uploads/stratplan2010.pdf

Review of the Literature: Causal links between innovation and international trade and investment
April 2006. UK study that addresses how, and to what extent, international trade and investment respectively influence domestic innovation performance, including R&D, and vice versa.
https://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/fileDownload/2006LitReviewreport.pdf?cid=407746

Gringos from the Far North. Essays in the History of Canadian-Latin American Relations 1866-1968
J. C. M. Ogelsby. Maclean-Hunter Press, 1976.