El presente artículo tiene dos objetivos: primero, queremos averiguar en qué medida el Perú se adecúa al “modelo histórico” de industrialización latinoamericana comunmente aceptado. En su forma mis elemental y familiar dicho modelo divide el siglo pasado en dos períodos: el período...

In this chapter we build on the observation that island economies, and especially small ones (population below one million), exhibit a remarkably wide range of economic structures built on a correspondingly wide range of development strategies. Common elements of "islandness" may serve to define...

What did the Latin American economies achieve in the course of a hundred years and how has this affected standards of living? This comprehensive history examines the political and economic forces that have shaped Latin America's development process.Abstract: Esta historia económica revisa las...

This book addresses questions of international trade policy and the relationship between growth, distribution, and human resource development in the Latin American region.Abstract: Este libro presenta un análisis de cuestiones sobre comercio internacional y la relación entre crecimiento,...

What did the Latin American economies achieve in the course of a hundred years and how has this affected standards of living? This comprehensive history examines the political and economic forces that have shaped Latin America's development process.Abstract: Esta historia económica revisa las...

Perú (1982-85) con las crisis precedentes, e intenta delinear la naturaleza 9 cambiante del problema, con respecto a sus componentes internos y exter- nos. Este artículo es una continuación de un trabajo anterior, y busca reeva- luar las conclusiones y análisis del primer estudio, terminado...

The paper analyses the economic policies of the Fujimori government in Peru, 1990-2000. It explores the extent to which such policies represented a return to Peru's historical dependence on the primary sector. In so far as it is a return to the past, are there lessons to be learnt from history?

After having briefly described pre-1990 periods of Peruvian export-led growth, with some of its strengths and weaknesses, both the policy and the institutional reforms of the Fujimori period are presented, and it is noted how these focused on the need for finance and for political control,...