Today, the relationship between Brazil and Chile can be characterized by three aspects: i) Brazil and Chile have a bilateral relationship with a regional vocation; ii) Brazil has an integral presence in Chile; and iii) a progressive reduction in distances and an increase in connections (physical...

This Discussion Paper addresses the recent history and dynamics of relations between Brazil and Venezuela from the political-diplomatic, economic-commercial and security and defense dimensions. The study analyses decades of advances and setbacks in bilateral understandings between both countries...

One of the basic features of the recent international scenario is the increasing importance of a few emerging economies. In this paper we map the import tariffs imposed by each of the BRICS on the products from its neighboring countries, as well as the tariffs imposed on Brazilian products. We...

This work identifies the main characteristics of trade flows between Colombia and Venezuela with MERCOSUR, with specific discussion of trade with Brazil. It aims at providing a broad view of such trade flows, as well as presenting some descriptive indicators of such trade relationship. A special...

This article aims to show that, by analyzing both the historical development of regional integration processes in Latin America and the political and economic ideas behind them, ECLAC's ideas, from the 1950's and 1960's, about what features Latin American integration should present - a...

This paper assumes that Mercosur has been under a crisis for the last four years, the main symptoms of which are: decreasing priority in the context of Brazilian Foreign Policy (BFP); growing number of exceptions within its Common External Tariff (CET); decreasing number of Mercosur decisions...

Today, the relationship between Brazil and Chile can be characterized by three aspects: i) Brazil and Chile have a bilateral relationship with a regional vocation; ii) Brazil has an integral presence in Chile; and iii) a progressive reduction in distances and an increase in connections (physical...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of different demand risk sharing rules for road infrastructure concessions, from the point of view of the economic attractiveness of the projects for the concessionaire and the price reduction for users. The traffic trajectory of...

The aim of this text is to describe and discuss alternatives for new urban mobility services and alternatives for financing the urban infrastructure associated with mobility. It is considered that urban mobility depends not only on services but also on adequate urban infrastructure. Alternatives...

The spatial organization of cities has important implications for sustainable urban development. Several studies have analyzed how urban form characteristics can have different environmental impacts by influencing more or less sustainable mobility patterns. However, most of these studies present...