The main goal of this work is to assess the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (Iirsa), launched in September 2000, during the First Meeting of the Presidents of South America, held in Brasilia, Brazil. The aim of this initiative was, at first, to foster...

This article aims to analyze trade and industrial policies in Brazil in light of the normative approach of the global value chains. The analysis of the Brazilian case shows that the policies recently adopted by the country point to the opposite direction from the prescriptions of the global...

This article analyzes, for the case of Brazil, the structure and the dynamics of two natural resources-based value chains: the poultry and wood furniture chains. The study shows that, in the sectors analyzed, there exist different models of organization of the value chains. Those differences are...

This paper aims at: i) presenting the evolution and features of the Global Value Chain electronics in the 2000s; and ii) analyzing the general lines of the Vietnam and Malaysia insertion in Global Value Chains (CVG) electronics, seeking to identify the exogenous and endogenous determinants of...

This article analyzes, for the case of Brazil, the structure and the dynamics of two natural resources-based value chains: the poultry and wood furniture chains. The study shows that, in the sectors analyzed, there exist different models of organization of the value chains. Those differences are...

This paper aims at: i) presenting the evolution and features of the Global Value Chain electronics in the 2000s; and ii) analyzing the general lines of the Vietnam and Malaysia insertion in Global Value Chains (CVG) electronics, seeking to identify the exogenous and endogenous determinants of...

This article aims to analyze trade and industrial policies in Brazil in light of the normative approach of the global value chains. The analysis of the Brazilian case shows that the policies recently adopted by the country point to the opposite direction from the prescriptions of the global...

The main goal of this work is to assess the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (Iirsa), launched in September 2000, during the First Meeting of the Presidents of South America, held in Brasilia, Brazil. The aim of this initiative was, at first, to foster...

O artigo explica as diferenças de políticas comerciais recebidas por 10 setores industriais de 1988 a 2005 a partir de teorias de economia política e de análise econométrica com dados em painel. Três conjuntos de variáveis independentes – coeficientes de comércio, intensidade no uso de...

Este artigo analisa o comportamento das economias dos quatro países membros do Mercosul. O objetivo consiste em verificar se, sob regimes de câmbio flutuante, há sinais de convergência macroeconômica entre os países do Bloco. Para tanto, a simulação de choques com o uso de vetores...