Avant-propos La pensée latino-américaine est, selon certains, une éternelle tentative de concilier modernisation et identité. Dès sa création, la CEPALC a participé à cette démarche et a proposé, à la lumière de la spécificité des situations régionales, de transformer le processus de production dans un climat d'équité sociale et, plus récemment, de pérennité de l'environnement. Cette tâche s'inscrit désormais dans le contexte de la mondialisation, qui est également le fil conducteur de ce livre. Il s'agit donc d'une analyse critique des possibilités que la mondialisat…
The present level of intra-regional trade of Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to their total exports is still low when compared to the peak of 21.1% registered in 1997, despite its rebound in 2003 and continued recovery into 2004. While this trade holds a high potential for future growth, there are a series of problems to be addressed in order for regional integration to continue on the paths of recovery and deep integration. The countries in the region should keep working on the constraints that its regional integration process continues to suffer from the persistence of non-tariff…
Historically, periods of increased trade and capital mobility have been also accompanied by more intense labor mobility across national borders. Conversely, in periods of global instability, stagnation, nationalism and more restrictive policies toward migration and capital mobility we observed less action in global factor markets. The first wave of globalization from around 1870 to 1913 was a period in which capital and labor were both free to move internationally. The interwar period with its economic turbulence, political disarray and rising nationalism witnessed both a movement towards redu…
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