This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic analyses. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm...

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age,...

Regional economic integration in America / Eduardo Lizano -- Regional integration in Central America : some remarks / Victor Bulmer-Thomas -- The Coimbra Group and integration in Central America / Daniel van Eeuwen -- The prospects for Andean integration / Lois Jorge Garay -- Andean integration...