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ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE ROLE OF CHINA. AN ANALYSIS OF LATIN AMERICAN NEOSTRUCTURALISM

Professor and co-founding director of the Research Group on Development Studies and
Democracy (GISEDD) at the Universidad de Los Andes Venezuela (Venezuela). Post-doctorate in
Social Sciences from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, PhD in Political Science and
International Relations from the Universidad Ricardo Palma de Perú, MA in International Relations
from the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar de Ecuador, Economist from the Universidad de los
Andes Venezuela. Author of more than thirty articles on Latin America published in Latin America,
Europe, Asia and North Africa.

antonioaz28061@gmail.com

Guest researcher at the Research Group on Development Studies and Democracy (GISEDD) at
the Universidad de Los Andes Venezuela (Venezuela). Economist from the Universidad de Los
Andes Venezuela, Master in Economic Development from the Universidad Estadual de Campinas
Brazil and MBA in Data Science and Analytics from the University of São Paulo.

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This research aims is to analyze the role that the Chinese economy has had in the economic
growth of Latin America. The methodology used consists of a multivariate approach for time
series, and causal relationships are obtained through the impulse response analysis functions.
It is stated that China’s economic growth, in general, has been positive for the region but it
has also had negative effects, such as the re-primarization of Latin American economies. For
this reason, for Latin America to realize the full potential that Chinese economic growth has
for the region, it must apply policies that generate structural change.

El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar el rol que ha tenido la economía china en el crecimiento económico de América Latina. La metodología utilizada consiste en un enfoque multivariado para series de tiempo, y se obtienen relaciones de causalidades a través del análisis de las funciones impulso respuesta. Se afirma que el crecimiento económico de China en general ha sido positivo para la región, pero este también ha tenido efectos negativos, como la re – primarizacion de las economías latinoamericanas. Por ello, para que América Latina haga efectivo todo el potencial que tiene para la región el crecimiento económico chino, debe aplicar políticas que generen un cambio estructural.

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Delgado, Rafael Gustavo Miranda; Azuaje, Antonio (2022). Economic growth in Latin America and
the role of China. An analysis of Latin American Neostructuralism. Janus.net, e-journal of
international relations, Vol13 N2, Novembre 2022-April 2023. Consulted [on line] in date of last
view, https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.13.2.3

Article received on 29 June, 2022 and accepted for publication on 19 September, 2022