Author: Vittorio Corbo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: Matías Vernengo
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520964527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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The question of development is a major topic in courses across the social sciences and history, particularly those focused on Latin America. Many scholars and instructors have tried to pinpoint, explain, and define the problem of underdevelopment in the region. With new ideas have come new strategies that by and large have failed to explain or reduce income disparity and relieve poverty in the region. Why Latin American Nations Fail brings together leading Latin Americanists from several disciplines to address the topic of how and why contemporary development strategies have failed to curb rampant poverty and underdevelopment throughout the region. Given the dramatic political turns in contemporary Latin America, this book offers a much-needed explanation and analysis of the factors that are key to making sense of development today.

Author: W. Ascher
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137272694
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America explores the links between Latin American governments' economic policies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence. Based on the patterns of ten countries, the contributions to this volume trace the remarkable transformation from open ideological conflict to the explosion of social (seemingly apolitical) violence, the upsurge of urban crime, and the confrontations over natural resources and drugs across the region spanning from Mexico to Argentina. The variations in economic success and in conflict prevention and transformation can guide policymakers, development professionals, and activists committed to conflict-sensitive development.

Author: John Sheahan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691201315
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411

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In this major work an economist with long experience as an advisor in developing countries explores the conflict between market forces and political reform that has led straight into Latin America's most serious problems. John Sheahan addresses three central concerns: the persistence of poverty in Latin American countries despite rising national incomes, the connection between economic troubles and political repression, and the relationships between Latin America and the rest of the world in trade and finance, as well as overall dependence. His comprehensive explanation of why many Latin Americans identify open political systems with frustration and economic breakdown will interest not only economists but also a broad range of other social scientists. This is "political economy" in the classical sense of the word, establishing a clear connection between the political and economic realities of Latin America.

Author: Simón Teitel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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The case against "one thing at a time"; Development dichotomies and economic strategy; The sucess of growth policies in Brazil; Linkages and the strategy of development; Economic growth and disequilibrium in Colombia; The role of technology in economic development; Equity and growth in Mexico; What role for the state in Latin America; Economic and political instability in Chile; Trade policies and industrialization; Growth and stagnation in Argentina; What development strategy for Latin America.

Author: Jorge I. Domínguez
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780815314851
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Akio Hosono
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349265675
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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A fresh insight on the unequal impact of development policies in East Asia and Latin America. Written by economists and political scientists from Brazil, Chile, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and the US, chapters share a political economy perspective and are the result of collaborative work coordinated by researchers at the University of Tsukuba (Japan). In addition to chapters on particular countries and on broad subjects, there are three chapters presenting detailed comparisons of pairs of countries (Brazil and Korea, Indonesia and Mexico, Chile and Malaysia).

Author: Gilles Carbonnier
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004351671
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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This 9th volume of International Development Policy looks at recent paradigmatic innovations and related development trajectories in Latin America, with a particular focus on the Andean region. It examines the diverse development narratives and experiences in countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru during a period of high commodity prices associated with robust growth, poverty alleviation and inequality reduction. Highlighting propositions such as buen vivir, this thematic volume questions whether competing ideologies and discourses have translated into different outcomes, be it with regard to environmental sustainability, social progress, primary commodity dependence, or the rights of indigenous peoples. This collection of articles aims to enrich our understanding of recent development debates and processes in Latin America, and what the rest of the world can learn from them. Contributors include: Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Alberto Acosta, Ana Elizabeth Bastida, Luis Bustos, Humberto Campodónico, Gilles Carbonnier, Ana Patricia Cubillo-Guevara, Fernando Eguren, Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva, Eduardo García, Javier Herrera, Antonio Luis Hidalgo-Capitán, Robert Muggah, Gianandrea Nelli Feroci, José Antonio Ocampo, Camilo Andrés Peña Galeano, Guillermo Perry, Darío Indalecio Restrepo Botero, Sergio Tezanos Vázquez, and Frédérique Weyer.

Author: Ramira G. Cardona
Publisher:
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Guillermo E. Perry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45

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This paper discusses the changing relation between Multilateral Development Institutions and Latin America, especially since the 1980s to the present. The paper first depicts how MDI's influence on LA has varied over time and across countries, depending on access to international private capital markets, the development of long-term markets for domestic currency government bonds, and the significant reduction of macro-financial vulnerabilities in the region. It then illustrates how MDI's views on macroeconomic and development policies has evolved over time, influenced by academic developments and also by Latin American governments. Finally, the paper shows how most governments in the region, whether left-wing or center-right oriented, have increasingly converged with MDI's recommendations on macrofinancial policies, while historically many, from all ends of the political spectrum, applied both macro and micro policies differing with MDI's views.