This paper aims at estimating the economic vulnerability of developing countries to disruptions in global value chains (GVCs) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It uses data on trade in value-added for a sample of 12 developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America to assess their...

This is the first English book on the economic relations between China and Latin America written by Chinese scholars. The authors are all from the Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences -- China's premier think tank. By combining empirical techniques and...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Part One: Metropole -- 1. A National Drama, Act II: Aranjuez -- 2. Bayonne -- 3. Dos de Mayo: Insurgency -- 4. Sevilla: The Struggle for Supremacy in Spain and New Spain -- Part Two: Colony -- 5. A Contested Authority -- 6. New Spain's Cuban...