Les Etudes du CERI
Les Etudes du CERI is a tool for decision-making and offers to scrutinize and study the transformations of our contemporary world, in more than 200 titles addressing a variety of topics and analyzing political, social and economic questions related to a specific country/region or a global contemporary challenge. Every issue follows, and is the result of, a fieldwork undertaken by its author. In this respect, this publication illustrates CERI’s approach to area studies, based on a direct, empirical experience and methodology.
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Luisa Palacios
This paper studies the institutional transformation of Latin America’s oil sector. It discusses specific policy choices and the timing of reforms in this industry. Latin American countries present different models of openness and energy-sector dynamics, and allow for an analysis of the liberalization process from a range of points of view: that of an importer (Brazil), of a historically self-sufficient country (Argentina) and of oil exporters (Mexico and Venezuela). The degree of dependence on oil revenues has proven in general to be negatively correlated with the level of openness of the oil sector. That is, countries more dependent on their oil sector for foreign and fiscal revenues tend to be less liberalized and open to private investment. This principle also holds true in Latin America: oil importers and self-sufficient countries like Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil indeed have oil industries that are relatively more open to private sector participation than those of the oil exporters in the region (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico). However, different levels of openness exist within these general categories of importers and exporters. This paper will further argue that differences among countries in the same category are a function of the strategic and financial position prior to reform of their respective National Oil Companies (NOC), which is in turn related to the institutional evolution of the oil industries in these countries.
Luisa Palacios
, The petroleum sector in Latin America: reforming the Crown jewels / Les Études du CERI, N°88, September 2002, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Jae-Seung Lee
East Asian economic cooperation has been actively pursued during the past few years, especially after the Asian financial crisis. A number of bilateral and multilateral Free Trade Area (FTA) agreements were concluded or are being negotiated. The recently published East Asia Vision Group Report provides a more concrete roadmap for an East Asian economic community. The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) became a reality on January 1, 2002, following a 10-years tariff reduction schedule. AFTA aims not only at trade facilitation but at inducing more investment. An ASEAN+3 (i.e. Japan, China and South Korea) FTA was also suggested to build an East Asian Free Trade Area (EAFTA). Japan signed an FTA with Singapore of ASEAN, while China and ASEAN agreed to create FTA within 10 years. On the financial side, the Chiang Mai Initiative created a regional liquidity fund by expanding the existing ASEAN Swap Arrangement to include all ASEAN members and augmented it by a network of bilateral swap arrangements among the ASEAN countries, China, Japan and South Korea. East Asian countries have also established a surveillance mechanism to monitor their economic performance. However, there are many obstacles in further enhancing regional economic cooperation. Structural problems involve political, economic, and cultural heterogeneities among East Asian countries. Low legalization and effectiveness of overlapping regional institutions render deeper regional cooperation difficult. Domestic instability of the ASEAN countries may hamper rapid regional cooperation. Regional rivalry between Japan and China should be an important object of observation. East Asian economic cooperation will be accelerated in the near future. Since the announcement of the ASEAN-China FTA agreement, Japan has attentively sought alliances to vie with growing China and to maintain her influence in the region. The next few years will see the emergence of a number of new bilateral and multilateral relations, both in trade and finance, in East Asia.
Jae-Seung Lee
, Building an East Asian Economic Community / Les Études du CERI, N°87, May 2002, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Gilles Dorronsoro
Gilles Dorronsoro
, La grande illusion. Bilan de la politique afghane du Pakistan / Les Études du CERI, N°84, March 2002, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Frédéric Grare
Frédéric Grare
, Les ambitions internationales de l'Inde à l'épreuve de la relation indo-pakistanaise / Les Études du CERI, N°83, February 2002, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Jean-Pierre Pagé
Jean-Pierre Pagé
, Tableau de bord des pays d'Europe centrale et orientale 2001 (Europe orientale) / Les Études du CERI, N°82, December 2001, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Jean-Pierre Pagé
Jean-Pierre Pagé
, Tableau de bord des pays d'Europe centrale et orientale 2001 (Europe centrale) / Les Études du CERI, N°81, December 2001, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Marc Parant
Marc Parant
, Les politiques d'immigration au Canada : stratégies, enjeux et perspectives / Les Études du CERI, N°80, October 2001, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Elise Massicard
Elise Massicard
, Sivas, une province turque entre local et global / Les Études du CERI, N°79, October 2001, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Dominique Malaquais
Dominique Malaquais
, Anatomie d'une arnaque : feymen et feymania au Cameroun / Les Études du CERI, N°77, June 2001, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Emmanuel Mathias
Emmanuel Mathias
, Dix ans d'indépendance balte. D'une Union à l'autre ? / Les Études du CERI, N°76, May 2001, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Eric Foster
Eric Foster
, L'économie de l'Ukraine : une progression incertaine vers l'Union européenne / Les Études du CERI, N°73, December 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Jean-Pierre Pagé
Jean-Pierre Pagé
, Tableau de bord des pays d'Europe centrale et orientale 2000 (Europe orientale) / Les Études du CERI, N°72, November 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Jean-Pierre Pagé
Jean-Pierre Pagé
, Tableau de bord des pays d'Europe centrale et orientale 2000 (Europe centrale) / Les Études du CERI, N°71, November 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Caroline Vincensini, Petia Koleva
Caroline Vincensini, Petia Koleva
, Les trajectoires économiques nationales dans la transition post-soviétique / Les Études du CERI, N°70, October 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Benoît de Tréglodé
Benoît de Tréglodé
, Un théâtre d'ombres : le Vietnam entre la Chine et l'ASEAN au lendemain de la crise asiatique / Les Études du CERI, N°68, August 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Vincent Simoulin
Vincent Simoulin
, L'Union européenne au regard des pays nordiques / Les Études du CERI, N°66, June 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Jean-Pierre Pagé
Jean-Pierre Pagé
, Peut-on aider la Russie ? Une économie entre déconstruction et renouveau / Les Études du CERI, N°64, March 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Gilles Dorronsoro
Gilles Dorronsoro
, Les Kurdes de Turquie : revendications identitaires, espace national et globalisation / Les Études du CERI, N°62, January 2000, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].Gilles Bertrand
Gilles Bertrand
, Vingt-cinq ans après, où en est la partition de Chypre ? / Les Études du CERI, N°59, November 1999, [en ligne, www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/papier/etude].