The puzzle of Latin American economic development /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
[2003]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Development in Latin America: conceptualizing economic change in the region
- Historical legacies: patterns of unequal and unstable growth
- Import substitution industrialization: looking inward for the source of economic growth
- Latin America's debt crisis: the limits of external financing
- Price stabilization: a critical ingredient for sustained growth
- The role of the state: defining a desirable and sustainable level of state activity
- New international capital flows: the benefits (and hidden costs) of Latin America's return to markets
- Contemporary trade policy: engine or brakes for growth?
- International industrial competitiveness: improving the quality of labor, technology, and infrastructure
- Agricultural policy: sowing the seeds of equitable, sustainable growth in Latin America
- Poverty and inequality: addressing the social deficit in Latin America
- Health policy: investing in people's future
- Education policy: the source of equitable, sustainable growth
- Environmental challenges: internalizing the costs of development.