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The growth of innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the establishment
of networks of SMEs, such as clusters, are seen as contributing to the creation of jobs and
increasing competitiveness. Interaction with inward foreign direct investment (FDI) can
provide SMEs with access to information, know-how and technologies, increasing their
innovative capabilities and improving their positioning on international markets. In many
Latin American and Caribbean countries, weak institutions and an inadequate business
environment impede the development of innovative SMEs and of clusters, and the relatively
high inflows of FDI over the past years have not, to a sufficient extent, led to the
establishment of linkages with the local economy nor produced desired spillover effects.
This report looks at the situation in this respect in Latin America, and at the role of regional
innovation systems, as well as at possible policy indications for countries in the region, with a
view to fostering the interaction of SMEs with inward FDI. The Special Office in Europe
(SOE) has for a number of years systematically analyzed the flow of FDI, in particular of
European origin, to Latin America and the Caribbean, and this study represents a continuation
and extension of this work.
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