Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81047 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/48
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the links between the integration into the international economy and development in Latin America over the past quarter century. It argues that external liberalization led to faster export growth but not to faster GDP or productivity growth. Growth also became more volatile, reflecting large vulnerabilities to external shocks. Looking forward, it argues for variable mixes of three strategies: (i) active production sector policies with a focus on technological upgrading existing and new production activities; (ii) growing links with China, while redressing the major asymmetries that characterize Latin America's trade with the Asian giant: and (iii) strengthened regional integration processes.
Subjects: 
trade liberalization
specialization patterns
regional integration
capital account openness
production sector policies
real exchange rate
JEL: 
F10
F36
F43
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-511-6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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