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According to estimates by the Foundation for Sustainable Development (Fund), 46% of companies in Latin America’s commercial sector and is a strategic channel for a large manufacturer and distributor of consumer products.

In addition, this study, conducted jointly by Fund and University Development, according to data provided in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), highlighting these companies play a role in providing rural and urban population.

Although it is a sector that faces the modern business model and diverse, the report reveals “the economic and social roles that significantly” from the “neighborhood store” traditional still on the towns and cities in this region.

This study examines the case of 14 countries in Latin America and argues that people who decide to start a business, 18 percent of economically active population, those tools that have been defined to reach ten percent.

According to this study, 64% of businesses that do belong to the trade, “which compares the model to the case of Asia and away in 20 points for the case of developed countries like the United States, where there is a greater tendency to engage high-value-added services, “he said.

The report said the average age of the original entrepreneurs 37 years, while employers and manages up to 45 years and noted that women beat men in the early stages when starting a business.

We begin the analysis of the global economic situation and we do using the data of GDP of the strongest economies on the planet who has published the International Monetary Fund.

The data also highlight the supremacy of China against Japan, it is important to highlight that Brazil moves on Spain.

One of the Latin American countries with higher levels of growth from China to India that takes away from Spain ranked 8th in the ranking.

Thus, while China grows at a rate close to 10% and India makes it to 8%, Brazil has accumulated a 6.5% growth and is ranked ahead of Spain.

Some comparative data are not decisive but analyzed in isolation; the truth is that shows a shift in the sources of power, emerging economies appear to donate points to consolidate as more powerful development of this new cycle.

Ace a few days the European Commission announced the contents of the much-heralded European Digital Agenda, the first of seven flagship initiatives under the 2020 European Strategy for smart growth, sustainable and integrated. It has set seven objectives, which will translate into a hundred steps, thirty of which are legislative in nature.

I hope this new European Union strategy, as necessary for future development of the European economy more successful than its predecessor does, the Lisbon Agenda does. Having examined the various documents submitted an ambitious proposal seems critical to the economic fortunes and welfare of Europeans in the coming years.

The implementation of the European Digital Agenda, contribute significantly to economic growth in the EU and distribute the benefits of the digital age among all sectors of society. As also contained a report by the Commission on the digital competitiveness of the European economy, half the productivity growth recorded in the last fifteen years has already been promoted by information technology and communications. See previous entry: The European Commission said the investment in the digital economy remains crucial. However, although it is expected that this trend will accelerate, Europe will need to apply a series of measures to exploit fully the potential benefits of the digital economy.