Through a statistical study based on a methodology developed by D. Rodrik, this article gives new empirical evidence of the excluding growth regime that happened in Latin America during the 1990s. Indeed, in spite of macroeconomic volatility, some economists suggest that growth did not benefit...

To determine whether or not the nature of economic integration is a vector of macro-economic volatility, it is necessary to study the characteristics of different growth patterns in the countries of the Mercosur by bringing to light established trends. Such is the purpose of this article, which...

</titre> According to most economists and those in power in Latin America the crisis was not going to happen : all the indicators of vulnerability had improved in most of these economies. However it did happen and day by day looked more and more severe. So indicators of vulnerability are not enough to...

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<alinea/> Latin American economies have been showing modest annual growth along with high volatility since the 1990s?less so than in the 1980s but more so than in Asia. This article examines the clear and growing levels of inequality, the pernicious effects of finances, the withdrawal of the State and...

One can observe a tendency to an increase in the middle class whatever the criterion of membership adopted. With a broad definition of the middle class, the vulnerable group tends to lose importance and the heterogeneity of this group increases. On the contrary, the choice of a narrow definition...

Are the poor the principal causes of violence ? Can repressive policies be effective and significantly reduce homicide rates or should the dominant modes of development in these countries be re-examined ? The aim of this article is, first, to overview the state of the matter, then to analyse...