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As of 1 July 2002, this project is no longer run or housed at CID |
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Andean Competitiveness Project
The Andean Competitiveness Project was a joint
effort of Corporación Andina de Fomento
(CAF) and the Center for International
Development at Harvard University to help generate conditions for decisive
change in the Andean countries. The project sought to
define and promote an integrated agenda for the Andean region that
would enhance the competitiveness of the area's firms
and industries, encourage environmentally sustainable growth, and significantly
boost living conditions in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. By
increasing competitiveness, the project aimed to
counter the widespread poverty, extreme income inequalities, and environmental
degradation endemic in the region. An overarching goal of the project
was to promote more fruitful connections between the
Andean countries and the global economy, in part by lessening their dependence
on natural resources and encouraging the development of knowledge-based
production structures. The project also aimed to
improve CAF's ability to respond to the development needs of the region and
enhance its ability to influence policy decisions.
Project efforts were organized into three broad areas:
the microeconomic underpinnings of competitiveness (including work on
agrotechnology and information technology), economic policies (including the
promotion of foreign direct investment), and environment and sustainable
development. Via a resident project assistant in each country, the project worked
closely with Andean research institutions, private sector representatives, other
members of civil society, and national governments to promote debate and forge
consensus around an agenda for improving competitiveness.
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Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) and Harvard University (via the Center for International Development) cooperated on a multi-year Andean Competitiveness Project (ACP), in conjunction with Andean research institutions, private sector representatives, other members of civil society, and the governments of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The ACP began officially in December 1999. It sought to define and promote an integrated agenda for national and regional competitiveness that will encourage environmentally sustainable growth and significantly improve living conditions in the region.
The project has succeeded in putting competitiveness on the public agenda in the Andean countries. Through its studies of particular thematic areas and its interaction with governments and the business communities, it has helped to consolidate the idea that improving competitiveness is both necessary and possible. The project has emphasized that enhancing competitiveness will require careful attention to:
The project has held more than 20 workshops, mini-conferences, and dialogues in the Andean countries, focusing particularly on information technology, foreign direct investment, and the specific practices that countries need to overcome to improve competitiveness. The result of this effort has been the creation of working groups on (a) information technology, (b) the elimination of barriers to the creation of new businesses, and (c) the incorporation of new technology into agricultural production and the identification of actions that both business and government need to take to improve competitiveness in agricultural production. Overall, the project has promoted greater networking among governments, businesses, and academic institutions around improving practices that affect competitiveness.
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The ACP worked in three broad areas for the period 2000-2001:
I. Microeconomic underpinnings of competitiveness
II. Economic policies
III. Environment and sustainable development
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more detailed information about ACP
project activities.
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| Robert Faris | Research Associate, CID |
| Juan Carlos Hincapié | Project Manager, Andean Competitiveness Project, CID |
| Geoffrey Kirkman | Managing Director, Information Technologies Group, CID |
| Colin Maclay | Research Associate, Information Technologies Group, CID |
| AnnMarie O'Connor | Staff Assistant, Andean Competitiveness Project, CID |
| Theodore Panayotou | Fellow, Harvard Institute for International Development; Director, International Environment Program, HIID; Director, Environment Program, CID |
| Michael E. Porter | C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School |
| Larry Rosenberg | Research Associate, CID |
| Jeffrey Sachs | Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade; Director, CID |
| Joaquín Vial | Project Director, Andean Competitiveness Project, CID |
| Jeffrey Vincent | Research Fellow, CID; Development Associate, HIID |
| Andrew Warner | Research Fellow, CID; Development Associate, HIID |
| Celia Cornejo | Project Assistant |
| Manuel del Valle | Project Assistant |
| Quindi Franco | Project Assistant |
| Robert Gisbert | Project Assistant |
| Nelson Villoria | Project Assistant |
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