Whatever Happened to Latin America's Savings?
Author: J. Gabriel Palma
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13:
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Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared
Author: Mrs.Anuradha Dayal-Gulati
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1997-09-01
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1451853300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975–95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show that fiscal policy, particularly social security arrangements, influence private saving; also macroeconomic stability and financial deepening appear to have been important in accounting for differences in saving behavior between the two regions.
Saving for Development
Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-08
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1349949299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save to invest in health and education, live productive and fulfilling lives, and make the most of their retirement years. Firms must save to grow their enterprises, employ more workers in better jobs, and produce quality goods. Governments must save to build the infrastructure required by a productive economy, provide quality services to their citizens, and assure their senior citizens a dignified, worry-free retirement. In short, countries must save not for the proverbial rainy day, but for a sunny day - a time when everyone can bask in the benefits of growth, prosperity, and well-being. This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license.
Development and Structural Change in Asia-Pacific
Author: Martin Andersson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1134409400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA consideration of how the Asia-Pacific economies have developed since the financial crises, the effect of global forces on the national Asian economies and their different development paths as they jointly enter this new phase.
Economic and Social Development Into the XXI Century
Author: Louis Emmerij
Publisher: IDB
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9781886938212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat new directions will development take in the next century? A distinguished group of experts on economic development debated this question in late 1996. Their views of the emerging development consensus are presented in Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century. The authors give special attention to developing countries in Latin America and East Asia. Analyzing the growth of certain East Asian economies, they ask what can be emulated: state-engineered industrial policies? an export push? better initial income distribution? fiscal incentives to promote corporate growth? the region's successful land reform efforts, or the commitment to better education? While agreeing that equity is a major determinant of economic success, they differ regarding how to achieve it.
Crisis and Reform in Latin America
Author: Sebastian Edwards
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780195211054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work provides a thorough analytical review of the processes that led to the transformation of many Latin American economies during the last decade. The author examines every aspect of adjustment and reform since 1980 and suggests alternative ways to consolidate the achievements.
The Political Economy of Post-adjustment
Author: Hakim Ben Hammouda
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1351771612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2003. Hammouda's text focuses on modernization experiences in the South which, in the 80s had reached their limits, with the adoption of structural adjustment programmes in most countries. Yet, such Washington Consensus inspired programmes met difficulties in initiating new growth dynamics in these countries and in improving their international insertion. Hence, a new era termed post-adjustment by the author has been ushered in, one which is characterized by a decline of structural adjustment programmes and through dynamic and plural research, is striving to introduce new theoretical practices and development strategies. This book is a contribution to such debate.
The State of State Reforms in Latin America
Author: Eduardo Lora
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2006-10-23
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 0821365762
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLatin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or 'second generation' reforms. 'The State of State Reform in Latin America' reviews and assesses the outcomes of these less studied institutional reforms. This book examines four major areas of institutional reform: a. political institutions and the state organization; b. fiscal institutions, such as budget, tax and decentralization institutions; c. public institutions in charge of sectoral economic policies (financial, industrial, and infrastructure); and d. social sector institutions (pensions, social protection, and education). In each of these areas, the authors summarize the reform objectives, describe and measure their scope, assess the main outcomes, and identify the obstacles for implementation, especially those of an institutional nature.
Markets, Unemployment and Economic Policy
Author: Philip Arestis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-10-19
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 1134784244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume more than 40 leading economists pay tribute to, and critically evaluate, Geoff Harcourt's work. Contributors include Tony Atkinson, Tony Lawson, Edward Nell and Ian Steedman.
