Integration & Trade Journal: No. 40: June, 2016

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Author
Phelps, Edmund;
Myers, Margaret;
Ellis, Evan;
Jara-Figueroa, Cristina;
Guevara, Miguel;
Simoes, Alex;
Hidalgo, César;
Guillamon, Bernardo E.;
Jenkins, Rhys;
Ruiz, Marco Vinicio;
Ferreyros, Eduardo;
Soares, Andre;
Baumann, Renato;
Qianru, Song;
Yang, Wanming;
Koch-Weser, Iacob;
Warner, Eric;
Aróstica, Pamela;
Sheng, Andrew;
Tang, Jun
Date
Jun 2016
How to build a convergence within the diversity of integrationist experiences? How can global efforts converge with regional and national realities through a glocal (global + local) governance that supports a productive integration and generates sustainable jobs? In this context of new challenges, Latin America must face the transformation of the Chinese economic model. After years of keeping prices of raw materials high, an exponential growth and an active investment policy in the region, Chinese economy grows at a slower rate, shows greater financial volatility, and shifts the focus from production to consumption. How will this metamorphosis impact on Latin-American development? What are the ways to overcome the stage of mere exchange of commodities for industrial products? How to move forward to a technology transfer that fosters innovation and facilitates export diversification? World-class authors, diplomats, negotiators, academics and private sector representatives analyze here the outlook of the linkage with the Asian giant. From an interdisciplinary approach, the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), a unit of the Department of Integration and Trade of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), makes through this volume a contribution to building a regional agenda to jointly address the questions of the current scenario.