In this document takes place an analysis on the main rural development tendencies in the Central American and Andean countries. Also, it presents a synthesis of the main academic and political debates related to the policies and strategies of rural development impelled in these sub regions. The...

This paper offers a quantification of price differentials not explained by tariff policy and the assessment of efficiency costs burned on different economic agents involved in textile products trade between Argentina (exporter) and Brazil (domestic producer). Simulations are carried out to show...

The concept of competitiveness is a term widely discussed when defining a range of policy issues. While this concept derives from a more modern interpretation of the process of economic development, general guidelines for achieving the development of an economy already in theoretical guidelines...

This paper aims to analyze, through the public policy approach, "Agro, Ingreso Seguro" -AIS-, key component of the Colombian agricultural policy of the late 2000s. Through this approach it is seen that AIS responded to real social problems and it was based on a set of guidelines used worldwide....

Given the debate about the advantages and disadvantages of free trade in development countries, this document analyses the importance of bilateral and multilateral agreements on Bolivia's trade between 1992 and 2009. For this purpose, a pooled model and panel data for the gravity equation of...

El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar si las operaciones de comercio internacional, despachadas por las aduanas marítimas de México, presentan características fractales con memoria de largo plazo. Para estimar el exponente de Hurst (H), se empleó el método de rango escalado (R/S)...

Today, the world is in an evident disarray; many things seem to have gone wrong at once. Various topics: terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, black accounts; financial crises, income distribution, global coordination; or the social angriness and growing anti-migration...

The configuration of new regional blocs within the framework of international trade relations has meant the incorporation of aspects linked to cooperation in negotiating association and free trade agreements. Relations between the European Union and MERCOSUR are registered in the field of...

The Computable General Equilibrium model, based on the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model, is used to evaluate the impact of separate bilateral free trade agreements by Colombia, Ecuador and Peru with the United States of America (USA). As the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication...

This document continues the Ardan Indicator Survey started in 2012. This study is included in the Economic and Competitiveness Report prepared by the Service for Advanced Studies Consortium of "Zona Franca de Vigo". The main objective of this document is to identify the best companies in the...