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Regional Integration in Latin America - The Pacific Alliance a Way Ahead
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Initial Effects of the Pacific Alliance for Colombia

Abstract:
This paper is the beginning of a series of studies on the effects of the combination of a Latin American association scheme (The Pacific Alliance) and other trade liberalisation agreements previously in force.

The author proposes a review of the theory of alliances and approaches, from a basic statistical course, the reality of the Pacific Alliance (PA) for Colombia since it was established in 2012. In its final section, after developing a direct, albeit succinct assessment of the issue for Colombia, the study concludes that the country is not receiving the benefits suggested by the theory. On the contrary, this work highlights the decline in the trade balance between Colombia and the other members of the alliance. The relationship with Mexico remains uneven and a source of concern for Colombia. The business relationship with Chile and Peru is also deteriorated, although to a less degree than the Central American country.

Resumen:
Este trabajo se presenta como apertura de una secuencia mayor de estudios sobre los efectos de la combinación entre un esquema asociativo latinoamericano (Alianza del Pacífico) y diversos acuerdos de liberalización comercial vigentes desde épocas previas al citado esquema integrador.

Su autor propone un repaso a la teoría de las alianzas y se aproxima, con la elaboración de un recorrido estadístico simple, a lo que ha sido la realidad de la Alianza del Pacífico (AP) para Colombia, una vez se formalizó en 2012.
En su parte final, luego de establecer una directa, aunque sucinta evaluación del tema para Colombia, el texto concluye que el país no recibe los beneficios sugeridos por la teoría y, antes que eso, advierte la existencia de un deterioro en la balanza comercial entre Colombia y los restantes miembros de la alianza, siendo la relación con México una correspondencia desigual y muy preocupante para el país. El vínculo comercial con Chile y Perú, aunque también deteriorado, es menos profundo en su afectación si se compara con el país centroamericano.

Author: Luis Fernando Vargas Alzate
Spanish Title: Efectos Iniciales de la Alianza del Pacífico para Colombia
Full document: 2016, Vargas, Efectos Iniciales de la Alianza del Pacífico para Colombia

August 13, 2016by Ana Maria Palacio
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Strategic Regionalism, South-South Cooperation and Development in Latin America in the XXI Century

Abstract:
The beginning of the 21st century is accompanied by changes in the global geopolitics of which the Latin-American continent is a protagonist.
The relationship, both political and economic, is more than ever going through significant reconfiguration from the countries of our continent through the establishment of regional blocs. On the one hand, these groups of countries may follow the dynamics of subordination to the neoliberal model that has characterised the power relations of the international system in the last decades. On the other hand, they may represent an obstacle for the reproduction of this scheme of subordination and alignment.
Based on this situation, the paper seeks to examine the hallmarks of this change in geopolitical paradigms, from the Latin-American perspective. This study is conducted based on the analysis of what has been called Strategic Regionalism.
Subsequently, the paper examines the relationship that the above-mentioned issue has with the evolution of the concept of development from the last century to present days. It also explores its relationship with the strategies on International Cooperation for Development. Finally, based on these two mains subjects, the paper discusses the role that the countries from the south, mainly from Latin-American, have in the System of International Cooperation for Development under the South-South format.

Resumen:
El inicio del siglo XXI está acompañado de cambios en la geopolítica mundial, de los cuales el continente latinoamericano es protagonista. La relación Norte-Sur en tanto política como económica, atraviesa hoy más que nunca por grandes reconfiguraciones desde nuestro continente a través de la conformación de bloques regionales que, por un lado pueden seguir las dinámicas de subordinación al modelo neoliberal que han caracterizado las relaciones de poder del sistema internacional en las últimas décadas, pero, por otro, pueden representar un obstáculo para la reproducción de este esquema de subordinación y alineamiento.
A la luz de esta idea, este trabajo pretende en su primera parte analizar los rasgos distintivos de este cambio de paradigmas desde la perspectiva latinoamericana, partiendo del análisis del llamado regionalismo estratégico. Posteriormente se analizará la relación que lo anterior guarda con la evolución del concepto de desarrollo desde el siglo pasado hasta nuestros días, así como sus consecuentes estrategias de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Finalmente, y en base a estas dos primeras ideas, se examina el rol que tienen los países del sur, principalmente en Latinoamérica, en el Sistema de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo bajo el formato Sur-Sur.

Authors: Giuseppe Lo Brutto and Edgar Ignacio González Reyes
Spanish Title: Regionalismo Estratégico, Cooperación Sur-sur y Desarrollo en América Latina en el Siglo XXI
Full document: 2015, Lo Brutto & González, Regionalismo Estratégico, Cooperación Sur-Sur y Desarrollo en América Latina en el S XXI

March 10, 2016by Ana Maria Palacio

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