01893cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017699 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484303665 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Beaton, Kimberly. Trade Integration in Latin America : A Network Perspective / Kimberly Beaton, Aliona Cebotari, Xiaodan Ding, Andras Komaromi. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper applies a network analysis framework to analyze the regional and global integration of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We compare network-based measures of trade integration to conventional measures, decomposing integration along several dimensions to better understand the sources of trade connectivity and their impact on growth. The paper finds that LAC countries are relatively well integrated in terms of links to diversified markets, but the strength of those links is weak. Comparing trade integration to predictions from gravity models, we find many LAC countries have significant scope to improve connectivity and increase their roles in regional and world trade networks. Mode of access: Internet Cebotari, Aliona. Ding, Xiaodan. Komaromi, Andras. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/148 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2017/148/001.2017.issue-148-en.xml IMF e-Library