Economic Integration in Latin America

Popular Support for Regional Economic Integration in Latin America

Regional economic integration schemes abound in Latin America, yet very little is known about the degree of popular support for such programmes. Now that democratic regimes rule in almost all of Latin America, public opinion can have an important impact on national policies. This paper examines the attitudes toward economic integration in  mainland Latin American countries with interview data...

ECONOMIC COMMSSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Office in Brazil Integration in Latin America – Trends and Challenges

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Office in Brazil Integration in Latin America – Trends and Challenges

Economic Crisis and Democracy in Latin America

While the world is focused on the economic impact of the financial and credit meltdown, what might be its impact on politics? In well-established democracies, probably not more than elections lost by incumbent parties seen as having mismanaged the economy.Butwhat of consolidatingdemocracies that predominate in thedevelopingworld, where some forecasts expect the crisis to hit the poor especially...

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PAPERS 18 Economic integration in Latin America: Impact on labour

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