The Andean Group: Institutional Evolution, Intraregional Trade, and Economic Development
A simple statement motivates this paper: "1996 stands as the year of institutional reform." The statement comes from Monica Rosell (2002) of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community. She referred to recent reforms of the Cartagena Agreement and the economic integration group it instituted in 1969, the Andean Group.! The Trujillo Protocol, signed in 1996 and implemented in 1997, is the source of the reform. To discuss this reform and see whether the Andean countries have moved toward meeting their joint goals during the early years of reform is the goal of this paper.