This book analyzes the role of trade as a central pillar of the structural reform process and a bridge to capturing the dynamic development forces of an increasingly globalized world economy.

This book analyzes the role of trade as a central pillar of the structural reform process and a bridge to capturing the dynamic development forces of an increasingly globalized world economy.

Esta presentacion fue comisionada por la Red de Integración y Comercio del Diálogo Regional de Política para la Reunión Andina celebrada los días 23 y 24 de abril de 2007 en Lima, Peru. El documento presenta temas como: la acción exterior de la UE, las negociaciones y acuerdos comerciales...

The European Community has exclusive competence in three main areas: trade, monetary policy and those aspects where internal community legislation and external obligations overlapped.Abstract: Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Integración y Comercio del Diálogo Regional de Política...

A 15 años de su creación (Tratado de Asunción de 1991), el MERCOSUR, como espacio de cooperación e integración sudamericano, estaba siendo objeto de un intenso escrutinio por parte de analistas locales e internacionales. Este libro presenta un análisis sistemático sobre tres dimensiones...

This paper analyzes political economy determinants of exchange rate policy in Brazil over the past thirty years. Two complementary methodologies are used. The first consists of investigating the exchange rate policy historical context over this period. Thus, part of the paper is dedicated to an...

This paper analyzes econometrically how a country`s post-crisis debt ratio could be forecast, in the aftermath of a debt crisis, from the previous debt-to-GDP ratio. A critical parameter is simply the debt-to-PPP-GDP ratio, where PPP-GDP is, in current international dollars, the Summers-Heston...

The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This work relies on household surveys from 18 LAC countries to take a step back from the use of these indicators, and explore what`s behind the numbers, and what information they...

This report shows evidence on determinants of health status for urban adults and their effects on productivity. Accurate estimation of the effect of health on wages is always difficult to obtain due to endogeneity and measurement error of the health indicators that are available in household...