Abstract

SALUDJIAN, Alexis. Del MERCOSUR al ALCA: críticas al modelo liberal de nuevo regionalismo del BID. Prob. Des [online]. 2005, vol.36, n.141, pp.9-25. ISSN 0301-7036.

On the basis of applying the economic geography approach to MERCOSUR's economic integration process, in the first section I discuss a model developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in favor of ALCA. In the second section, we consider the limits of such a conception, noting the absence of certain fundamental variables that are nevertheless worthy of consideration in a study of the economies of the region. Indeed, the international industrial economic aspects, development economics, and the insertion into the world economy of these peripheral countries are of great importance in the finance-led accumulation regime that most Latin America countries experience and in the integration process in the Americas.

Keywords : economic geography model; MERCOSUR; finance-led accumulation regime; ALCA.