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Despite the growing political priority given to making trade work for the majority in Latin America, a notable gap exists in the knowledge about the distributive impacts of trade integration. This study attempts to fill this gap: it surveys the most recent contributions to the mainstream trade economics literature, assesses their relevance for Latin America and concentrates on specific quantitative empirical available on the region. It concludes that despite the impossibility to rigorously and unambiguously assert that trade openness is conducive to growth and poverty reduction, the preponderance of evidence supports this conclusion. However, the majority of empirical studies also show that the impact of trade on growth and poverty is generally small and that the causes of indigence are to be found elsewhere. Likewise, it is extremely arduous to find evidence that supports the notion that trade protection is good for the poor.

Der promovierte Physiker und Bestsellerautor Paolo Giordano beschreibt das Dilemma der Corona-Epidemie in Italien, aber es ist sozusagen eine ?preview of coming attractions? für uns, denn die statistischen Verbreitungskurven sprechen eine deutliche, unleugbare Sprache: Auch uns erwarten Quarantäne, ein neuer Alltag, in dem es darum geht, die Kettenreaktion zu durchbrechen, um die totale Sprengung des Gesundheitssystems zu verhindern. Die Normalität ist ausgesetzt, und wir wissen nicht, wie lange. Nutzen wir die Zeit der Quarantäne, um über unseren Lebensstil nachzudenken. Jetzt ist die Zeit der Anomalie. Die Viren haben uns eines voraus IBM sie können sich schnell verändern. Das müssen wir von ihnen lernen. (Verlagstext)

This book contains the contributions presented at the international workshop 'The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems: an interdisciplinary approach' held in Ascona, Switzerland in November 2004. Experts from several disciplines outline a conceptual framework for modeling and forecasting the dynamics of both growth-limited cities and megacities. Coverage reflects the various interdependencies between structural and social development.

Regional integration and territorial development in Latin America / Paolo Giordano, Francesco Lanzafame, and Jörg Meyer-Stamer -- Free trade agreements and asymmetries : proposals to foster gains from trade / Inés Bustillo and José Antonio Ocampo -- Comparative integration patterns : transatlantic lessons / Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda -- Compensating asymmetries in regional integration agreements : lessons from Mercosur / Roberto Bouzas -- Differential regional competitiveness : opportunities and constraints / Ann Markusen and Clélio Campolina Diniz -- The regional challenge : European and Latin American experiences / Francisco Xabier Albistur Marin -- Globalization and local policy implementation : the challenge to practitioners / Greg Clark -- Local economic development : what makes makes it difficult, what makes it work / Jörg Meyer-Stamer.