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By Sebastião do Rego Barros, María Beatriz Nofal, Mark Falcoff, Riordan Roett, Carlos Braga, Egbert Gerken, and Andrew Rudman

Contents

Part one: Argentine-Brazilian Integration: A Brief Historical Review

Part two: The Integration Process: Achievements, Problems and Prospects

Part three: Political Dynamics and Integration

Part four: Economic Dynamics and Integration

Part five: A Review of the Process, December 1988-Present

From the Preface

Economic integration has been a goal of many Latin Americans since the time of independence. Integration is regarded as a route to economic prosperity for the region and the only program that can truly reduce the region's dependence on industrialized nations. The Argentine-Brazilian Integration Program (ABIP) has received particular attention due to the size of the economies involved, especially in relation to their South American neighbors. It is hoped that successful bilateral integration between the continent's economic giants will compel the other nations of the region to join the program. Thus ABIP can function as the engine of regional integration. Given the emphasis on ABIP, on Tuesday, 13 December 1988, the Wilson Center's Latin American Program presented a conference entitled "The Argentine-Brazilian Integration Program: An Early Assessment." The conference, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank, was part of the Program's Economic Issues Series. Its purpose was to analyze the progress made since 1986 and to discuss the prospects for the future, both on a bilateral and regional level.

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