Introduction: The issues at stake / Noemi Levy-Orlik, Jorge Alonso Bustamante-Torres and Louis-Philippe Rochon -- Part I. Post crisis new capital movement trend -- 1. Financial geography and the 'social reality of finance': Aspatial or 'real space' analyses of financial crises? / Gary Dymski and...

This paper assesses the vulnerability of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) economies to external crises. It shows that while the average LAC economy has made significant strides to reduce vulnerability to crises to its historical minimum, there is still considerable room for improvement,...