La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y, también, a los procesos con igual orientación que se llevan a cabo en otras partes del mundo....

This paper studies the proposition that capital inflows tend to take the form of FDI -i.e., the share of FDI in total liabilities tends to be higher- in countries that are safer, more promising and with better institutions and policies. It finds that this view is patently wrong since it stands...

Por diversas razones y canales de transmisión, el stock y la calidad de la infraestructura de un país es un indicador fundamental de su nivel de desarrollo y del bienestar general que ofrece a sus habitantes. El presente documento calcula las brechas de infraestructura para la subregión...

This paper explores the potential for regional cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia Pacific. The first section provides an overview of regionalism and how it evolved as a strategy to manage regional externalities. The second section provides a background on Asian...

The paper summarizes the similarities and differences among Asian and Latin American countries, compares their macroeconomic performances before and after the crisis, and discusses crisis prevention and management. Lessons are drawn from both Asian-type and Latin-American-type currency crises.

The paper looks at the relative importance of reforms in different regions and corresponding trade performance.

This paper compares the experience of growth performance and macroeconomic adjustment between East Asia and Latin America from 1970 to 2000.

Substantial attention has been paid in recent years to the risk of maturity mismatch in emerging markets. Although this risk is microeconomic in nature, the evidence advanced thus far has taken the form of macro correlations.

This paper questions whether the East Asian financial architecture can be developed in the short-term around the concept of regional currency swap arrangements.