The Andean Integration process: Origins, Transformations and Structures
Publication Date:
01 July 2011
Publisher:
Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank
Publication Place:
Buenos Aires
Publication Language:
EN
Appearing in:
Integration & Trade
Volume:
15
Issue:
33
Pages:
35-45
Copyright Year:
2011
Copyright Holder:
The Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean / Inter-American Development Bank
Copyright Type:
All rights reserved
Abstract:
This paper depicts the context in which Andean integration has occurred and then, the changes in its economic strategies and specificities of its political rationale. The historical point of view has enabled the author to account for the characteristic features of Andean regionalism, portray the obstacles to economic integration and the consolidation of institutional structures, as well as shed light on the conditions where disintegration has come about.
