| dc.description.abstract | Course Description
Informed by knowledge economy, this course will study how Latin
American countries individually and as a region have adapted quickly and
wisely to external changes in order to compete in the globalized world.
The new setting requires highly educated and talented people and
dynamic economies that go beyond their traditional borders in order to
benefit from social, cultural and geographical proximity. In this context in
1985, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (recently Venezuela
joined them) created Mercosur in the belief that anintegration process
was needed to reconfigure industries and trade, coordinate policies and
promote the insertion of its productive sector to the world´s economy.
This course will provide a truly comprehensive perspective that will enable
the students to analyze and understand the integration processes in the
Southern Cone and how it is helping regional economies to compete
globally. In the current world crisis scenario, Mercosur’s industrial and
commercial diversification through horizontal integration and cooperation
can serve as a case study of sorts to re-think regional development. | es_ES |
