Research themes

• Structural change in Latin America (Trade and productive structure specialization, global chains of value and regional integration.)
• Energy Transition in Latin America (Environmental sustainability and green finance)
• Growth and Development from North-South & South-South Perspectives (Structuralism, New Developmentalism, for example.)
• Social equality in Latin America: Gender economics, inequality and care economics, for example.
• Macroeconomics in Latin America (including Macromodeling, Fiscal and Monetary policies, institutionality, macroeconomics and power)
• Financial integration and financialization in Latin America (international and regional architecture)

Research questions

• Amidst the profound global transformations, what role does Latin America play? What are the implications of the policies implemented years ago according to regional integration? What are the opportunities and challenges in front of the structural change in the region?
• The transition to low-carbon economies represents a relevant challenge to the region. What is the space-to-economy policy that guarantees successful trajectories in the region and for each country? What is the role of green finance and multilateral actors? How can we ensure compatibility between equality, structural change, and environmental sustainability?
• Growth and development from North-South & South-South perspectives: The main partners of Latin America in the Global North are changing. What are the key alternatives for forging new relationships, and what challenges and opportunities arise from this shift?
• The Latin American scholars occupied a central chair in the academic and political debates on social equality. What is the future for these discussions and how likely are to implement changes in the political, academic, and everyday spaces?
• Since the 1990s, Latin America has been implementing different macroeconomic policies. In light of the global Polycrisis (social and environmental), what specific requirements emerge for the development and adjustment of macroeconomic policies?
• Latin America has faced long periods of difficulties and obstacles in accessing financial resources, currently, these conditions have not changed much. What are the expected scenarios? What macroprudential and institutional measures could Latin American countries implement to face financial constraints and financialization problems?
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