Purpose
In the past decade, Latin American countries have been faced with political and economic challenges. Since 2010, some countries such as Brazil and Mexico have experienced the slowdown of economic growth, and the economies of those countries have stagnated after achieving the middle-income economies, which is the so-called “middle -income trap”. Furthermore, the democracies in the region have been riddled with a series of corruption scandals, a weak rule of law, and political violence, which have lowered citizens’ trust in the governments and eroded the quality of democracy. What explains these emerging political and economic crises in the Latin America? Are there problems specific to Latin America? How can we predict what will follow in the coming years? In order to address these important issues, we ask experts from Latin American and East Asia to express their views on causes of some recent major changes in a particular country or the region as a whole, and analyze what we may expect in the next decade from a comparative perspective.
◆Session 1: Challenges to Democratic Accountability in Asia and Latin America
◆Session 2: Challenges to Regime Stability in Asia and Latin America
◆Session 3: Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific Regions
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Date/Time
March 8 (Fri) 2019, 9:00-18:10
Venue
Conference Room 1 on the 10th floor of Building #3, Waseda Campus
Open to
Faculty members, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, the general public
Registration
Free of charge. Online registration required→https://goo.gl/forms/0p9r11ujOaeXUJ3E3
Language
English (No translation)
Co-Sponsors
Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University
TGU Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy , Waseda University
Waseda Institute of Political Economy
Waseda Institute of Latin American Studies
Contact
Professor Yuriko Takahashi, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
E-mail: [email protected]
