The dynamics of industrial energy consumption in Latin America and their implications for sustainable development

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ID11650736
AuthorsHugo Altomonte, Nelson Correa, Diego Rivas (0000-0001-5666-0153)
Year2011
Volume2011
Issue105
Pages7-35
Publication date2011-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCEPAL review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0251-2920 • E-ISSN: 1684-0348
PublisherUnited Nations Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18356/e58e5a19-en
OpenAlexW755910944
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

This article analyses the relationship between energy consumption in industry and industrial productivity and the implications of this for sustainable development. To this end, it presents a matrix characterizing economies as: (i) converging or diverging in terms of energy consumption per unit of value added, and (ii) catching up with or falling further behind the productivity level of the international frontier (the United States). On the basis of data from the industrial surveys of four Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico), it concludes that the region’s evident specialization in natural resource-intensive sectors has contributed to a pattern of high energy consumption and slow productivity growth, and that while there is no productive convergence, there is evidence of energy sustainability in three of the four countries analysed

Consumption (sociology · Convergence (economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Energy consumption · Frontier · Geography · Latin Americans · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Political science · Productivity · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Engineering · Environmental Impact and Sustainability

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