region. Its main thesis is that climate action does not consist solely or primarily of additional spending, but also requires …, agriculture, and ecosystem conservation, among others. Furthermore, climate action is closely linked to social spending since … climate change. Finally, the transition to a decarbonized and resilient economy must be fair. A so-called just transition …

, while government transfers played a central role in preventing greater disparities in half the countries studied. Our …

Despite the growing political priority given to making trade work for the majority in Latin America, a notable gap … exists in the knowledge about the distributive impacts of trade integration. This study attempts to fill this gap: it surveys … the most recent contributions to the mainstream trade economics literature, assesses their relevance for Latin America and …

This paper analyzes whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed between the United States and Latin American countries … empirical strategy benefits from the fact that about half of Latin American countries have signed a trade agreement with the … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …

policies that can accelerate recovery while boosting longterm growth. In a scenario of tight fiscal constraints, trade and … modest trade and investment gains for the region, associated with incremental rather than major adjustments in the global … value chains. It concludes by arguing that, whatever the future brings, minimizing trade and investment costs is likely to …

recent financial crisis. However, government credit concessions continued to expand after the economy recovered. This paper …