After two decades of high growth and increased levels of foreign investment, Mozambique continues to face serious problems in reducing poverty. This article investigates the characteristics of Brazilian aid to and investment in Mozambique and scrutinises how these activities relate to the Mozambican growth. Combining the literature on the porosity of Mozambican growth with an analysis of the class dynamics of Brazilian accumulation, this article identifies the class fractions that sustained the Brazilian neo-developmental attempt and their capital internationalisation into Africa. Moreover, it empirically details their role in giving form to porosity in the Mozambique economy and promoting private gains at the expense of social losses.
A partir de l'application de l'approche de l'économie géographique sur l'étude du processus d'intégration économique du Cône Sud d'Amérique Latine (le Mercosur), nous discutons les avancées et les limites de tels modèles en soulignant l'absence de variables fondamentales à l'étude des économies de cette région. En effet, les aspects financiers et monétaires spécifiques à la région sont essentielles à l'analyse du régime d'accumulation à dominante financière qui régit les économies de la plupart des pays latino-américains.
[eng] Alexis Saludjian — Growth trends and macro-economic volatility in the Mercosur : Some elements of empirical analysis.. To determine whether or not the nature of economic integration is a vector of macro- economic volatility, it is necessary to study the characteristics of different growth patterns in the countries of the Mercosur by bringing to light established trends. Such is the purpose of this article, which assesses the performance of the zone during the 1960-2002 period and analyses the strengths and limits of each growth pattern. The Mercosur and the modalities of its development between 1991 and 2003 are given special consideration by stressing the importance of pattern change and its impact as regards macro-economic volatility.
En la primera sección se discute un modelo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en favor del ALCA, sobre la base de la aplicación de la teoría de economía geográfica al proceso de integración económica del Cono Sur de América Latina (MERCOSUR). En la segunda sección, abordamos los límites de este modelo, insistiendo en la ausencia de ciertas variables fundamentales para el estudio de las economías de estas regiones. Por cierto, los aspectos de las economías industrial internacional, del desarrollo y de la inserción de estos países de la periferia en la economía mundial, son esenciales para analizar el régimen de acumulación dominado por el espacio financiero que la mayoría de las naciones latinoamericanas experimentan, así como el proceso de integración de América.
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