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Growth, Employment, and Equity : The Impact of the Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Brookings Institution Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780815798293
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Growth, Employment, and EquityLOC classification:
  • HC123.S83 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- A New Approach to Analyzing Reforms: Macro-Micro Linkages -- The International Context: Trade and Capital Flows -- Structural Reforms and Public Policies -- Investment, Productivity, and Growth: Recovery and Modest Advances -- Employment and Equity: Continuing Challenges -- Heterogeneity in Responses of Sectors and Firms -- A Policy Agenda for the Next Decade -- References -- Addional Project Publications -- Index -- Back Cover.
Summary: A Brookings Institution Press and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) publication In the last ten to fifteen years, the Latin American and Caribbean region has undergone the most significant transformation of economic policy since World War II. Through a series of structural reforms, an increasing number of countries have moved from closed, state-dominated economies to ones that are more market oriented and open to the rest of the world. Policymakers expected that these changes, in conjunction with lower rates of inflation and increased spending in the social area, would speed up economic growth, increase productivity, and lead to the creation of more jobs and greater equality. Have those expectations been fulfilled? Analyzing the impact of the reforms in nine countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru), this study provides a detailed picture of progress to date. At the overall regional level, the book suggests, the reforms have had a surprisingly small impact: a small positive impact on investment and growth, and a small negative impact on employment and income distribution. But at the country, sectoral, and microeconomic levels, it finds evidence of strong effects, with some units doing very well and others falling behind.
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- A New Approach to Analyzing Reforms: Macro-Micro Linkages -- The International Context: Trade and Capital Flows -- Structural Reforms and Public Policies -- Investment, Productivity, and Growth: Recovery and Modest Advances -- Employment and Equity: Continuing Challenges -- Heterogeneity in Responses of Sectors and Firms -- A Policy Agenda for the Next Decade -- References -- Addional Project Publications -- Index -- Back Cover.

A Brookings Institution Press and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) publication In the last ten to fifteen years, the Latin American and Caribbean region has undergone the most significant transformation of economic policy since World War II. Through a series of structural reforms, an increasing number of countries have moved from closed, state-dominated economies to ones that are more market oriented and open to the rest of the world. Policymakers expected that these changes, in conjunction with lower rates of inflation and increased spending in the social area, would speed up economic growth, increase productivity, and lead to the creation of more jobs and greater equality. Have those expectations been fulfilled? Analyzing the impact of the reforms in nine countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru), this study provides a detailed picture of progress to date. At the overall regional level, the book suggests, the reforms have had a surprisingly small impact: a small positive impact on investment and growth, and a small negative impact on employment and income distribution. But at the country, sectoral, and microeconomic levels, it finds evidence of strong effects, with some units doing very well and others falling behind.

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