In July 2019, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea issued a statement that South Korea and the Pacific Alliance (PA) would be initiating negotiations in September 2019 for the country to become an associate member of the PA. The PA is a trade and economic bloc that was...

(Korean Abstract) 본 보고서는 중남미 주요국의 글로벌 가치사슬 구축 현황과 미·중 경쟁이 중남미에 미친 영향을 분석한 연구이다. 이를 위해 중남미 역내에서 일어나고 있는 미·중 경쟁의 양상을 조사하고, 수출부가가치 분해...

Based on the findings of the value chain analysis conducted on major Latin American countries, it suggests that these countries may have derived certain economic benefits. This can be attributed to the increased exports to the United States and China, where Latin American countries served as...

Previous literature on income inequality tends to investigate Latin America as a whole or rely on specific indicators such as the Gini coefficient. This approach could make it difficult to accurately grasp the situation that recently faces each Latin American country. In this context, it is...

Countries adopting a defined benefit pay-as-you-go (DB PAYG) regime have two options to solve the issue of financial unsustainability: (1) a parametric reform, which alters policies within DB PAYG regime, and (2) a structural reform, which changes the regime from DB PAYG to a defined...