scholarly journals DE LA (NON) DÉMOCRATIE EN AMÉRIQUE (LATINE) A TOCQUEVILLE REPORT ON THE STATE OF GOVERNANCE IN LATIN AMERICA

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 792
Author(s):  
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Alexis De Tocqueville ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
Latin American Countries

Within a conceptual framework based on Tocqueville’s classic work about Democracy in America – freedom, democracy, equality, political organization, government and administrative centralization, etc. – this essay – drafted in the form of a report from Alexis de Tocqueville to the World Bank, at the demand of its Board – deals with the relative backwardness of Latin American countries, in terms of democratic principles, political accountability, insufficient economic and social development, social inequalities, adopting an historical and comparative perspective (with Asia-Pacific countries, for instance). The region has fragmented itself recently between globalizers, reluctant governments (protectionists and nationalists), and the so-called “Bolivarians”. Finally, it tackles the current and future challenges of Latin American countries, also in a comparative perspective with the Asia-Pacific region, and concludes that most of the problems at the source of the backwardness of the continent, and its peculiar difficulties to adapt and to insert into modernity and globalization are due to especially inept and corrupt elites, of all kinds and social origins.

Evolution of financial inclusion in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-276
Author(s):  
Lisana B. Martinez ◽  
Valeria Scherger ◽  
M. Belén Guercio ◽  
Sofía Orazi
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Binary Probit ◽  
Positive Evolution ◽  
Latin American Countries

PurposeThis paper analyses the evolution of the financial inclusion and its main determinants in seven Latin American countries.Design/methodology/approachThe database used is the Global Findex from the World Bank for the latest data released that includes the years 2011 and 2014. The variables used are formal financial accounts, formal savings and formal credit as proxies of financial inclusion for the years of study. Moreover, the use of debit and credit cards is considered. The methodologies applied are the mean difference tests, in order to contrast the hypotheses of the inclusion evolution and binary probit regressions models.FindingsThe results of the analysis show that there is a positive evolution in the use of financial instruments in the countries of the sample, especially in the use of formal accounts. On the other hand, considering the characteristics of the individuals, age, level of education and income positively affect their financial inclusion.Originality/valueThere are no similar works for the region of study that allow us to evaluate the evolution of financial inclusion considering the variables selected in the literature. It is possible to clearly fulfil the proposed objective, highlighting the importance of implementing financial inclusion policies in view of the low percentage of use of the instruments in the analyzed countries.

scholarly journals LA DINAMIZACIÓN DE CADENAS AGROINDUSTRIALES URUGUAYAS EN CONTEXTO DE EXPANSIÓN COMERCIAL GLOBAL (2001-2019)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Ignacio Betasaghi ◽  
Emilio Silva
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
South American ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Spatial Reorganization ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Latin American Countries

La producción y el comercio mundial agroindustrial ha registrado un importante incremento en el presente siglo. Algunos países en América Latina, especialmente los sudamericanos se han reposicionado como importantes abastecedores de bienes agrarios. Si bien la expansión tiene múltiples causas, el acelerado crecimiento económico que ha evidenciado en los últimos veinte años la región Asia-Pacífico, motorizado principalmente por China, así como otras regiones y países emergentes, ha estado en la base de este proceso. En ese contexto, Uruguay ha sido uno de los países sudamericanos que ha mostrado un importante dinamismo. En este artículo se analiza cómo este país, históricamente agroexportador, acompañó la expansión de la producción y el comercio mundial de base agraria, desarrollando sus vínculos con el mercado externo a partir de sus principales cadenas industriales relacionadas con la producción de soja, forestación, carne, arroz y lácteos. La clave este proceso implicó, entre otras cosas, una reorganización espacial de las actividades agropecuarias, la captación de inversión extranjera directa, así como potentes transformaciones en materia de innovación tecnológica y gestión de los agronegocios.Palabras claveagroindustria; agronegocios; alimentos; cadenas productivas; comercio mundial; exportaciones; innovación; Uruguay AbstracWorld agro-industrial production and trade has registered a significant increase in this century. Some Latin American countries, especially in South America, have repositioned themselves as important suppliers of agricultural products. Although the expansion has multiple causes, the accelerated economic growth that the Asia-Pacific region has shown in the last twenty years, driven mainly by China, as well as other regions and emerging countries, has been the basis of this process. In this context, Uruguay has been one of the South American countries that has shown significant dynamism. This article analyzes how this country, historically agro-exporter, accompanied the expansion of production and world trade based on agriculture, developing its links with the external market from its main industrial chains related to the production of soy, forestry, meat, rice and dairy products. Products Products The key to this process involved, among other things, a spatial reorganization of agricultural activities, the attraction of foreign direct investment, as well as powerful transformations in terms of technological innovation and agribusiness management.Keywordsagroindustry; agribusiness; foods; productive chains; world trade; exports; innovation; Uruguay

scholarly journals The Graffitour of the 13: an aesthetic, political and historical trajectory through Medellín

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Pérez Torres
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
Fixed Boundaries ◽  
The City ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
And Diffusion

Abstract To think the borders of the metropolis beyond the representations associated with precariousness and crime presupposes recognizing the abundance and vitality of aesthetic practices and productions that are reconfiguring the discourses on the peripheries. In both Brazil and other Latin American countries, the emergence and diffusion of languages produced in the "margins" of cities call into question the center/periphery dualism - relativizing the existence of fixed boundaries, while proposing other ways of narrating different collective experiences. Commonly seen as a peripheral product, graffiti is an artistic language that express the multiplicity of agencies on the metropolitan edges. In the city of Medellín, Colombia, different groups formed mainly by young people from the edges have been taking on graffiti and hip hop as a resource to understand, narrate and distance themselves from the violence that crosses them. A significant sample of this type of collective experience is the Graffitour proposal, an "aesthetic, political and historical" route organized by the Centro Cultural Casa Kolacho in the Commune 13. Based on the assumption that the Graffitour transcends the simple representation of the medellinense periphery and constitutes a form of cultural and political organization to speak about the violence that appears in the city, this work reports the experience of having carried out this journey through Commune 13. In this sense, it aims to reflect on how discourses are produced on metropolitan edges in contemporary times and on the role of urban artistic manifestations in the interpretation of violence and in the construction of social memory.

Ethnography and the Study of Los Saberes Docentes (Teaching Knowledge) in Latin American Countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Mercado ◽  
Epifanio Espinosa
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Teaching Knowledge ◽  
Research On Teaching ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Interpretive Process ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Nature Of Teaching

A specific comparative framework that incorporates an interpretive process dedicated to developing a more complex understanding of teaching knowledge incorporates the specific local contexts in which studies on teaching knowledge are conducted. Research on teaching knowledge within the region grew and diversified from the 1980s and 1990s. There are two key thematic contributions of this body of research: the nature of teaching knowledge and pedagogical approaches to teaching specific curricular content focusing on early literacy. Points of comparison between the different contributions of studies addressing teaching knowledge can be found. Additionally, institutional and social inequalities are manifested in schools and education in Latin American countries. Teaching knowledge, which teachers produce in and adapt to different social spaces (in other words, through practice), is crucial for fostering the development and learning of the students who attend school under the challenging conditions of the schools in these countries.

A Sequential Theory of Decentralization: Latin American Cases in Comparative Perspective

2005 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
TULIA G. FALLETI
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Policy Feedback ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
Sequential Theory ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Subnational Governments

Both advocates and critics of decentralization assume that decentralization invariably increases the power of subnational governments. However, a closer examination of the consequences of decentralization across countries reveals that the magnitude of such change can range from substantial to insignificant. In this article, I propose asequential theory of decentralizationthat has three main characteristics: (1) it defines decentralization as aprocess, (2) it takes into account theterritorial interestsof bargaining actors, and (3) it incorporatespolicy feedback effects. I argue that the sequencing of different types of decentralization (fiscal, administrative, and political) is a key determinant of the evolution of intergovernmental balance of power. I measure this evolution in the four largest Latin American countries and apply the theory to the two extreme cases (Colombia and Argentina). I show that, contrary to commonly held opinion, decentralization does not necessarily increase the power of governors and mayors.

Transformations, Ruptures, and Continuities in the Inter-American Development Bank’s Policy from 1980 to the Present

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Pablo J. López ◽  
Marcelo Rougier
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Regional Bank ◽  
Developmental Role ◽  
Latin American Countries

This chapter shows that, although the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) mandate remained unchanged over the course of over fifty years from its creation, the Bank’s lending policies in Latin America changed over time, consistent with the prevailing policy framework in developed countries. Unlike in other multilateral development banks (MDB) with a presence in the region—especially the World Bank—Latin American countries played a bigger role in the IADB’s decision-making process from the very moment the regional bank was created. However, donor countries, in particular the United States, enforced IADB policy guidelines, with a varying degree of conflict over the different periods. The authors establish that the institution underwent a transition phase, which began in the 1980s, marking a move away from a developmental role associated with state-led industrialization processes. The IADB became a supporter of liberalization and deregulation policies in the 1990s and then, from the 2008‒9 global crisis, played a new active role for development.

Do Remittances Attract Foreign Direct Investment? An Empirical Investigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hem C. Basnet ◽  
Kamal P. Upadhyaya
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Latin American Countries

Remittances are a major source of household income in many Asian, African, and Latin American countries. Households spend a significant portion of remittances on health and education. Given that human capital is one of the primary determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow, this study develops a model in which remittances are one of several determinants of the observed variation in FDI. The model is estimated using data from a group of 35 middle-income countries from Latin America, Asia–Pacific, and Africa. The estimated results ascribe no significance to remittances in explaining cross-country variation in FDI. However, geographically-disaggregated estimated results do establish a positive effect for African countries, no significant effect for Latin American countries, and a negative effect for the Asia–Pacific region.

Rhetoric and Reality: The World Bank Development Policies, Mining Corporations, and Indigenous Communities in Latin America

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Munarriz
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Latin American Countries

AbstractRelying on critical legal approaches, in particular TWAIL and the work of Indigenous scholars, this paper analyzes the extent to which the World Bank's notion of "development" and its promotion of the expansion of market-based legal reforms in Latin American countries have benefited transnational corporations (TNCs) to the detriment of Indigenous Peoples. It argues that the World Bank's policy-based lending programmes and market-oriented legal framework since 1980 have contributed to an expansion of corporate mining activities, which have caused not only forced displacement and further impoverishment of numerous Indigenous communities but have also directly contributed to the destruction of their cultures and the environment they inhabit. Furthermore, the World Bank's normative operational policies and practices on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples have provided a legal framework and mechanisms that "manage" affected Indigenous communities in ways that further the dispossession of their lands and natural resources.

scholarly journals INNOVATION EFFORTS OF COMPANIES IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 100-121
Author(s):  
Anderson Freitas dos Santos ◽  
Vitor da Silva Bittencourt ◽  
Priscila Rezende da Costa ◽  
Rony Castro Fernandes de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Size Perception ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Number Of Firms

In this study we examine the innovation efforts, accelerated internationalization, and relational triggers of companies in Latin American countries. It is the first time a study jointly and empirically assesses the perception of the seriousness of institutional obstacles and innovation efforts, considering as a unit of analysis a large number of firms from Latin American countries. We used a database from the World Bank (Environment Surveys) with 14,064 companies from 20 countries in Latin America, which answered questions related to their innovation efforts from 2006 to 2018. Introduction of new or significantly improved products and processes and investments in research and development (R&D) had the greatest validity and quality power in factor analysis performed for the construct “innovation efforts.”  We observed positive patterns of correlation between age, size, perception of the seriousness of institutional obstacles and innovation efforts. The results contribute to the structuring of professionalization, expansion, and maturation programs for Latin American businesses.

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