Regional development governance in South America (2000-2015)

The article discusses the concept of Regional Development Governance (RDG) as a type of South-South cooperation. RDG initiatives have acquired new salience after two decades of new regionalism and neoliberal reforms in which "development" and "regionalism" became increasingly dissociated. The article analyses the experience of infrastructure cooperation in South American in the period 2000-2015, as an example of RDG. Through the use of process tracing analysis and extensive fieldwork, it identifies the factors that intervene in the implementation of collective goods in the region. The article concludes by emphasizing the necessity to strengthen this type of initiative especially in the low economic growth conjuncture that Latin American countries are facing.