The puzzle of Latin American economic development /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franko, Patrice M., 1958- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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
  • Macroeconomic stabilization : a critical ingredient for sustained growth
  • Public and private capital flows to Latin America
  • Contemporary trade policy : engine or brakes for growth?
  • Microeconomic foundations for growth and competitiveness in the global economy
  • Latin American agriculture : achieving sustainable and equitable rural development
  • Poverty in Latin America
  • Health policy: investing in people's future
  • Education : the source of equitable, sustainable growth
  • Promoting sustainable environments in Latin America
  • Lessons (not quite) learned : cycles in Latin American development
  • Appendix: A sampling of institutional actors in Latin American economic policy
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author.