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During the 1980s and 1990s, financial sectors were the Achilles heel of economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since then, these sectors have grown and deepened, becoming more integrated and competitive, with new actors, markets, and instruments springing up and financial inclusion broadening. To crown these achievements, the region s financial systems were left largely unscathed by the global financial crisis of 2008 09. Now that the successes of LAC s macrofinancial stability are widely recognized and tested, it is high time for an in-depth stocktaking of what...

Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign currency, exposing countries to maturity and currency risk. Capital markets in Latin America look particularly underdeveloped when considering the many efforts undertaken to improve the macroeconomic...

Este reporte explora la restructuracion de la economia global ocasionada por el ascenso del Sur y destaca la transformacion en los patrones de integracion global de ALC y las consecuencias de esta transformacion en la dinamica del desarrollo de la region. En particular, se analiza de forma sistematica los aspectos concernientes al comercio y las finanzas internacionales, la macroeconomia y el mercado laboral latinoamericano."

Existe un consenso creciente en la comunidad cientifica de que el calentamiento global es una amenaza real y presente. Aunque aun hay una gran incertidumbre sobre la velocidad, magnitud e inclusive sobre la direccion de los cambios climaticos futuros, hay evidencias de que sus impactos fisicos y economicos seran regionalmente diferenciados. Se sabe ademas que los paises en desarrollo y las poblaciones de menores niveles de ingresos presentan un mayor grado de vulnerabilidad. Por estas razones, es fundamental que los paises de America Latina desarrollen sus propias estrategias de adaptacion y...