Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development

Name: Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development
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ISBN: 9780742553538

ISBN-10: 0742553531

ISBN-13: 9780742553538

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Patrice Franko, Patrice Franko

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Thoroughly revised and updated, this text provides the basic economic tools for students to understand the problems facing the countries of Latin America. In this third edition, Patrice Franko analyzes challenges to the neoliberal model of development and highlights recent macroeconomic changes in the region. Including charts and tables with the most current data available, the book also offers a wealth of new boxed discussions and vignettes. After a brief historical overview, Franko builds a contemporary model of regional development. She explores the contradictions of growth, especially in the context of overcoming intractable problems of poverty, education, health, and discrimination.…

Book details

List price: $73.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 712
Size: 6.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English



Tables, Figures, and Boxes


Preface


Abbreviations


Maps



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



The Role of the State: From a Smaller to a Smarter State



Financing for Development: Public and Private Capital Flows to Latin America



Contemporary Trade Policy: Engine or Brakes for Growth?



Policies Underpinning Growth: Productivity and Competitiveness in the Global Economy



Rural Development: 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



Lessons Learned: Cycles in Latin American Development



A Sampling of Institutional Actors in Latin American Economic Policy


Glossary


Bibliography


Index


About the Author