Los 15 años del Focem

Resumo

The purpose of this article is to analyze the first fifteen years (2006-2020) of the Mercosur Structural Convergence Fund (FOCEM) as a mechanism to reduce the asymmetries within the bloc's economies. We divide the article into three sections in addition to the introduction. In the first section, we discuss the institutionalization process of South American integration throughout the 2000s based on the deconstruction of asymmetries. Then, in the second section, we assess the Focem and its 53 approved projects. Finally, in the third section, we analyze what are the new possibilities post-2015 in a context of retraction of integration initiatives retraction and, recently, of transferring the fiduciary management of financial resources from FOCEM to Financial Fund for the Development of the Countries of the River Plate Basin (FONPLATA).

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2020

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Espanhol

Acesso

Acesso aberto

DOI

10.38116/rtm23art10

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/13432

Licença

Licença Comum

Abrangência

América Latina; 2006-2020

Temas

Desenvolvimento Regional

Palavras-chave

Integração RegionalIntegraçãoFinanciamentoFundo para a Convergência Estrutural do Mercosul (Focem)Fundo Financeiro para o Desenvolvimento dos Países da Bacia do Prata (Fonplata)