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Why Latin American nations fail : development strategies in the twenty-first century /

"Economic and social development is a major topic of discussion in courses across the social sciences, particularly those focused on Latin America. Many scholars and instructors have tried to pinpoint, explain, and define the problem of underdevelopment in Latin America. New ideas have led to n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pérez Caldentey, Esteban (Editor ), Vernengo, Matias, 1968- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Matías Vernengo and Esteban Pérez Caldentey
  • Industrialization, trade, and economic growth / Carlos Aguiar de Medeiros
  • Institutions, property rights, and why nations fail / Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo
  • With the best of intentions : types of development failure in Latin America / Miguel A. Centeno and Agustín E. Ferraro
  • What makes an institution "developmental"? : a comparative analysis / Alejandro Portes and Jean C. Nava
  • Latin America's mounting development challenges / José Antonio Ocampo
  • Economic performance in Latin America in the 2000s : recession, recovery, and resilience? / Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Stefanie Garry
  • South America after the commodity boom / Martín Abeles and Sebastián Valdecantos
  • China in Latin America : social and environmental lessons for institutions in a commodity boom / Rebecca Ray and Kevin P. Gallagher
  • Some concluding thoughts / Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo.