During the last decade, China s growing economic importance has been considered a blessing for South America, given their still relatively high dependence on the US and commodity exports. However, this positive sentiment is starting to change. Concerns are being raised about potential adverse...

Spanish Abstract: La mayor importancia relativa que han adquirido los mercados emergentes (ME) tiene profundas y complejas implicaciones sobre el orden mundial. En este momento, la dimensión económica es posiblemente la más fácil de apreciar. De hecho, al analizar los próximos diez años...

English Abstract: This article presents the methodology and advantages of the proposal, implemented by BBVA Research, to select emerging economies that will be protagonists of global economic growth. The grouped economies such as BBVA EAGLEs (emerging economies that lead global growth, by its...

Given that commodity export concentration is likely to be unhelpful for economic development, we then ask the question of whether Latin America has been experiencing a more pronounced concentration of such exports. We then use different indicators to measure such concentration. Our measurements...

During the last decade, China's growing economic importance has been considered a blessing for South America, given their still relatively high dependence on the US and commodity exports. However, this positive sentiment is starting to change. Concerns are being raised about potential adverse...