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Size and position in value chains in Latin America with a regional perspective

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  • Alvaro Lalanne

    (Universidad de Montevideo (Montevideo, Uruguay))

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In this article, I develop a framework that divides global value chains into regional and extra-regional and studies the participation of Latin American countries in international fragmentation of production along 25 years of globalization. Measures of depth, position, and length are developed for each kind of value chain. Between 1990 and 2015 the engagement in activities related to international trade increased in every country in Latin America and the prevalent way of integration is in Extra Regional Value Chains. While South America engages mostly in value chains as a source of value added transformed by others, Central America participates more as end of chains and Mexico switched its position to a net forward position in regional value chains. Finally, the article examines the relationship between participation and length of the domestic segment of chains, finding differences among the kind of participation that each country performs./ Este articulo desarrolla un marco para dividir a las cadenas de valor global en regionales y extrarregionales y estudia la parti-cipación de los países de América Latina en la fragmentación internacional de la producción en 25 años de globalización. Se desarrollan medidas de profundidad, posición y longitud para cada tipo de cadena de valor. Entre 1990 y 2015, la participación en actividades relacionadas con el comercio internacional se incrementó en todos los países de América Latina, y la forma prevalente de integración es en Cadenas de Valor Extrarregiona-les. Mientras América del Sur se involucra en cadenas de valor proveyendo valor agregado transformado por otros, América Central participa más en el final de las cadenas y México modifi-có su posición neta hacia ser más proveedor que usuario en las cadenas de valor regionales. Finalmente, el trabajo examina la relación entre la participación y la longitud del segmento domés-tico de las cadenas de valor, encontrando que la profundización en la participación en cadenas extrarregionales está asociada a un acortamiento de las cadenas, mientras que eso no ocurre en las regionales.

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  • Alvaro Lalanne, 2022. "Size and position in value chains in Latin America with a regional perspective," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 60(1), pages 11-53, Diciembre.
  • Handle: RePEc:ief:reveye:v:60:y:2022:i:1:p:11-53
    DOI: 10.55444/2451.7321.2022.v60.n1.37801
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    Keywords

    Regional integration; global value chains; input output models; forward and backward linkages;
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    JEL classification:

    • E16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Social Accounting Matrix
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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