Jae-Sung Kwon

This paper aims to explore the impacts of foreign direct investment in Latin America. Cases are drawn from automobile sector FDI in Mexico and Brazil. Since 1990s, FDI has transformed Latin America, modernizing branches of industry and improving many of its services and some of its infrastructure. Although multinationals have been active in recent years in Latin America, some questions are now being raised as to the net benefits of their operations in the region. This paper will assess the impa

Promoting transparency and accountability in government is an issue in all democracies. For nascent and fragile democracies, however, it is a particularly thorny matter. Latin America has witnessed the decline of authoritarian rule and the emergence of democracy; yet this new form of democratic governance is plagued by corrupt institutions and is a source of great concern for civil society. Argentina is a noteworthy example. In 1983, the country endeavored to establish democratic institutions an

This paper concerns Bolsa Familia which is one of the largest Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs in the world, benefiting 11 millions families. It provides a monthly transfer to poor households on the condition of child education, and a monthly transfer to extremely poor households regardless of their composition. Under president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2002), and since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2003, targeted assistance in education, health and nutrition have expand

International flows of capital in the form of foreign direct investment have become an important means of promoting economic development in many countries. The spread of globalization and the activity of transnational corporations have been driving forces behind these flows have already been adequately analyzed. An important new phenomenon of recent decades is the rapid increase in the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows from developing countries. Much less attention has been paid to

본 논문은 2014년 이후 브라질을 비롯한 라틴아메리카 정재계를 강타한 오데브레시(Odebrecht) 스캔들을 사례로 하여 라틴아메리카의 정경유착형 부패의 원인에 대한 분석을 목적으로 한다. 기본 가정은 기업과 정치권의 결탁으로 인한 부패관행의 전형을 보인 본 사건이건설업-가족기업-브라질(라틴아메리카) 등 정경유착형 부패를 구성하는 3대 요소가 결합된 취약한 형태를 갖고 있다는 점이다. 이를 위해 업종의 특징, 기업의 지배구조, 라틴아메리카(브라질)라는 정치경제적 토양을 중심 요인으로 분석하고자 한다. 이 사건은 라틴아메리카의 부패논의에 있어 세 가지 측면에서 중요하고 의미있는 사례이다. 첫째, 민주 체제하에서 확대된 부패의 수요에 대한 본질에 접근할 수 있는 사례로서, 이는 브라질의 다당제와 선거제도의 구조적인 모순으로 부패를 조장하는 상황에 대한 분석을 요한다. 둘째, 부패의 공급 측면에서 볼 때특정 업종인 건설 인프라 프로젝트를 중심으로 유사한 패턴의 부패가 다국적으로 발생했

This paper examines the characteristic features of the Pinochet regime followed by brutal coup in 1973. Cronological review from the Allende era till the end of Pinochet regime is attempted in order to provide the background of the case. Such concepts as civil-military relations and human rights are adopted as a central device for providing insights during the democratization period under Aylwin and Frei. In Chile, the issue of state sponsored human rights violations has figured near the top of

Cuban Transition to Open Economy: 1990 onwards

This chapter discusses two cases of the Republic of Korea’s foreign direct investment in Latin America and their sourcing structures. These are Hyundai Motor Company’s investment in Brazil and three Korean investments in the Guatemalan textiles and apparel sector. The cases do not support the hypothesis of the possibility of the creation of local SMEs value chains through foreign direct investment (FDI) in sectors where the Republic of Korea has a comparative advantage over the host countries. I