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CBMs in Latin America and the effect of arms acquisitions by Venezuela WP41-2005 - 22.9.2005 Mark Bromley and Catalina Perdomo The acquisition of military technology need not be a threat to regional stability and security. Nevertheless, the diffusion of military technology brings risks, and certain weapon systems acquired in certain contexts can have an adverse effect on regional stability. In addition, in certain regions of the world, particularly Africa and Latin America, illegal flows of small arms and light weapons from one country can pose a threat to the national security of another
The Impact of US Foreign Direct Investment in Spain WP19-2005 - 10.5.2005 (Translation from Spanish) Gayle Allard, Rafael Pampillón On the basis of theory and empirical evidence, we can predict that US direct investment in Spain will prove to have contributed to the country’s economic growth, raised its technological level and possibly its productivity, increased its exports and provided its workforce with better-paid, higher-skilled jobs than those offered by local companies. This study sets out precisely to determine whether the macroeconomic statistics bear out our prediction that these effects have occurred in Spain
From the 2004 Ibero-American summit (San José, Costa Rica) to the 2005 Ibero-American summit (Salamanca, Spain) WP5-2005 - 27.1.2005 (Translation from Spanish) Celestino del Arenal The 14th Ibero-American Summit of heads of state and government, held on November 19-20, 2004, in San José, Costa Rica, brought to light very clearly the crisis and complexity of the project to establish a common Ibero-American space. The summits themselves are the highest expression of this common space and at the next one, in Salamanca in October 2005, Spain’s Socialist government will be facing the definitive failure or success of the Ibero-American project
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