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Latin american economic outlook 2017 youth, skills and entrepreneurship. These range from the role of neoliberal policies, deficit targeting, import substitution, role of institutions, trade and regional development and human capital and poverty. Foreign debt and latin american economic development 1st. We divide the analysis into four key development phases. It assesses four development traps relating to productivity, social vulnerability, institutions and the environment. This book studies the historical roots of latin americas contemporary economic and social development, focusing on poverty and income inequality dating back. Latin american economic history questia online library. Latin america is one of the most intriguing parts of the world. It assesses four development traps relating to productivity, social. Pdf latin american economic development researchgate. The puzzle of latin american economic development book. The outlook identifies potential strategies and policy responses to help latin america and the caribbean revive economic growth. This chapter discusses latin america and the new international economic order.
It considers latin american economies within the wider context of the international economy, and covers economic growth, international trade, capital flows, and. Latin american economic development routledge textbooks. Macroeconomics and development columbia university press. Despite abundant resourcesand a history of productivity and wealthin recent decades the region has fallen further and further behind developed nations, surpassed even by other developing economies in southeast asia and elsewhere.
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