This paper reviews the principal neo-liberal policy measures implemented in Latin America in the last decade and their impact on equity. It first emphasizes the difficulty of separating the repercussions of liberalization measures from the necessary fiscal adjustments of the 1980s, and their...

This work draws attention to the clear contrast between the intensity and evolution of the crisis of the thirties and the one that bursts into the early eighties, originating the so-called "lost decade" which has not yet been overcome. While analysing the role played by the central economies in...

Capital account liberalization and economic growth: evidences from data in Latin-American panel. The aim of this paper is to carry out an empirical analysis about the relation between Capital Account Liberalization and Economic Growth having as object of study the experience of 16 countries of...