Determinants, Boundaries, and Patterns of Canadian Mining Investments in Latin America (1995–2015)

As part of the commodities boom that Latin America enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Canadian investments in metal mining expanded there at an extraordinary pace, determined by a larger process of industrial consolidation and long-term Canadian government policies to support the internationalization of its industry. Their success in Latin America has now induced some observers to believe that Canada is a dominant actor in that region's mining sector, but the specialization of Canadian firms in precious metals, gold and silver, has set up clear boundaries to their regional relevance, rendering Canadian capital necessary but not an essential actor in the Latin American mining boom. In fact, such pattern of specialization has turned the expansion of Canadian mining capital into a significant exposure to Latin American politics that Ottawa's government and diplomacy can affect only marginally

Política económicas de la Nueva Izquierda: ¿populistas o conservadoras?

Este artículo analiza las políticas económicas, incluidas las de comercio, adoptadas por gobiernos electos en reacción a dos décadas de hegemonía neoliberal en América latina. Estudiar estos caminos nos permite discutir el alcance del cambio de política y observar las contradicciones y limitaciones de los gobiernos pos-neoliberales. Analizamos de qué manera estas políticas se ocupan de las tensiones y limitaciones que dejó el neoliberalismo mientras que, al mismo tiempo,intentan cumplir con algunas aspiraciones provenientes de la izquierda. Más allá de las diferencias manifiestas entre dichos gobiernos, puede observarse la emergencia de una nueva disposición ideológica caracterizada por la emergencia de una creencia pragmática en la intervención estatal y la búsqueda de un nuevo contrato social anclado en políticas macroeconómicas prudentes

Global production chains in Latin America : challenges for inclusive and sustainable growth

Many export-oriented industries such as mining, maquila and tourism can be characterized as enclaves, with few linkages to the rest of the economy. While necessary to finance adequate levels of imports, export-oriented production is not enough to guarantee development. This brief examines some of the latest Latin American-produced policy research on the impact of export-oriented industries and the policy responses to the challenges they pose, summarizing how these in turn can support an inclusive and sustainable growth path for the region. It underlines issues in subject areas already defined as most important to Canadian policy

Trade and inclusive growth in Latin America : compensatory policies for trade liberalization

This brief provides a summary of Latin American research on the interaction between trade liberalization, economic growth and poverty reduction policies. It provides recommendations for how Canadian development aid and foreign economic policies can focus on building the foundations for inclusive growth in open economies in Latin America. Canada’s Strategy for the Americas policy is aimed at fostering stable, prosperous and democratic societies in the hemisphere (DFAIT, 2009). Canada’s development aid should therefore focus on programs that increase the capacity of the poor to adapt to and participate in international trade