Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
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| Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association | |
|---|---|
| Name | Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association |
| Founded | 1980 |
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association is a professional association that brings together scholars from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and the wider Caribbean region with colleagues from United States, Canada, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Israel, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The association organizes conferences, publishes research, and fosters links among researchers affiliated with institutions such as University of Buenos Aires, Universidade de São Paulo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), London School of Economics, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of Toronto, and McGill University.
History
The association emerged during discussions among economists influenced by work from Raúl Prebisch, Celso Furtado, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Albert Hirschman, Douglass North, W. Arthur Lewis, Paul Samuelson, Gunnar Myrdal, Raúl Rincón, Eduardo Galeano, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Kenneth Arrow, Michel Camdessus, Carlos Alvarado, and Alicia Bárcena. Early meetings drew participants from research centers including Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations Development Programme, Latin American Studies Association, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Brookings Institution, Institute of Development Studies, CEPAL, and national academies such as Academia Nacional de Ciencias Económicas (Argentina), Academia Brasileira de Ciências. Over time, the association's timeline intersected with major regional events: the Latin American debt crisis, the Washington Consensus, the Mexican peso crisis, the Argentine economic crisis, the Brazilian economic reforms, the Chilean transition to democracy, the Cuban adjustment, and trade developments like North American Free Trade Agreement, Mercosur, Pacific Alliance, Caribbean Community, and Andean Community.
Organization and Membership
Governance is modeled on scholarly bodies comparable to American Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, European Economic Association, Canadian Economics Association, American Statistical Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and Society for Economic Measurement. Leadership roles have been occupied by academics from Universidad de Chile, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of the Andes (Venezuela), Universidad de Costa Rica, University of the West Indies, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela), and international centers like Centre for Economic Policy Research. Membership categories include student members from Universidad Nacional de La Plata, early-career researchers from Universidad de Antioquia, senior fellows from Universidad de Sevilla, and institutional affiliates such as Central Bank of Argentina, Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de México, Banco de la República (Colombia), Banco Central de Chile, Central Bank of Uruguay, and think tanks like FLACSO, CIDE, CEDES, Fundación Getulio Vargas.
Conferences and Publications
Annual meetings rotate among host locations such as Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santiago, Chile, Mexico City, Bogotá, Lima, Caracas, Montevideo, Quito, San José (Costa Rica), Kingston, Jamaica, and international partners in Madrid and London. Conference programs often feature sessions referencing methodologies from Cesar Hidalgo, Daron Acemoglu, Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton, Guillermo Calvo, Héctor Calderón, Ricardo Hausmann, Joaquín Vial, Roberto Rigobon, and Wolfgang F. Dans alongside panels with policymakers from Ministry of Finance (Argentina), Ministry of Economy and Finances (Peru), Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (Mexico), Ministerio de Hacienda (Chile), European Commission, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Labour Organization, and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The association disseminates research through working paper series, edited volumes, and journals comparable to Journal of Development Economics, World Development, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of International Economics, and collaborates on reports produced with Inter-American Dialogue and Pan American Health Organization.
Research Areas and Impact
Research spans applied topics influenced by literature on poverty and inequality studied by Santiago Levy, Esther Duflo, Angus Deaton, Jeffrey Sachs, Nora Lustig, Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva, and Branko Milanović; macroeconomic stability debates linked to Rudiger Dornbusch, Stanley Fischer, Mauricio Cárdenas, Rafael Correa (economist), Joaquín Villalobos; trade and integration analyses drawing on Robert Baldwin, Paul Krugman, Elhanan Helpman, Anne Krueger, Jagdish Bhagwati, Hélène Rey, and Daniel Lederman; and institutional studies referencing Douglass North, Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, Carolina Trivelli, Mariana Mazzucato, and Francisco H. G. Ferreira. Impact includes policy briefs that informed programs by Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, European Investment Bank, and national policy shifts in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru.
Awards and Recognition
The association honors scholars with prizes akin to Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, John Bates Clark Medal, Frisch Medal, Knut Wicksell Prize, and region-specific awards recognizing contributions by economists affiliated with Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidade de São Paulo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, El Colegio de México, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and think tanks such as Fundación Carolina and Fundación Getulio Vargas. Recipients include leading figures who have also been acknowledged by Academy of Ciencias de Chile, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and international honors like Order of Isabella the Catholic and national merit awards across the Caribbean Community.
Partnerships and Collaborations
Collaborations span multilateral and academic partners including Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, European Commission, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Institute of Development Studies, Latin American Studies Association, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, African Development Bank, and university networks such as Red de Investigadores Latinoamericanos, Consortium of Latin American Universities, Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, and bilateral ties with Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Department of Economics, University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Universidade de São Paulo, and El Colegio de México.