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The policies of Latin American regional integration. Lessons learned from the case of the Central American Strategy for Territorial Rural Development

Authors

SANTOS CARRILLO, FRANCISCO RAFAEL, FERNÁNDEZ PORTILLO, LUIS

External publication

No

Means

J. Iberian Lat. Am. Res.

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

SJR Impact

0.145

Publication date

01/01/2018

ISI

000446607700005

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-85054793910

Abstract

The Central American Integration System (SICA) has defined, during the recent years, a positive integration agenda through the generation of public goods and the implementation of regional policy actions in different areas. This fact shows that this is one of the most dynamic Latin American regional integration projects. However, there are still unanswered questions about its effectiveness and impacts on the region. This paper analyzes the implementation of the Central American Strategy for Rural Territorial Development (ECADERT) as an instrument of the regional integration process. The results show the limitations to ECADERT\'s effective implementation due to deficiencies found in its mechanisms of transfer, diffusion and convergence. Nevertheless, the Strategy shows institutional advances that suggest the feasibility of this type of process in the SICA framework.

Keywords

Regional policies; regional integration; Rural Territorial Development; Central America