ECLA, Washington and Inter-American Economic Relations, 1948–1968

23 Sep 2020 | Publication

Work area(s)

Economic development

Topic(s)

History of ECLAC thinking International trade Macroeconomics

ECLA, Washington and Inter-American Economic Relations, 1948–1968

  • Publication type: Studies and Perspectives – ECLAC Office in Washington
  • Author: Cohen, Isaac
  • Physical description: 243 páginas.
  • Publisher: ECLAC
  • UN symbol (Signature): LC/TS.2020/38
  • Date: 23 September 2020

Abstract

Inter-American economic relations underwent significant changes since the end of World War II, with the creation of hemispheric institutions, such as the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). This document examines two decades of interaction on economic affairs between the Latin American and United States governments, in the setting provided by these hemispheric institutions.

Table of contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Timeline
  • I. Creation and continuation, 1948–1951
  • II. A place in the sun, 1952–1954
  • III. The road to Quitandinha, 1954
  • IV. The road to Buenos Aires, 1955–1956
  • V. Breakthrough: the primacy of politics, 1956–1958
  • VI. Inter-Latin American payments and trade, 1958–1960
  • VII. Culmination, 1960–1963
  • VIII. Closure, 1964–1968.

SDG(s)

1. No poverty

Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)

National Office, Washington, D.C.