The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of the Global Development Network (GDN), a research effort conducted in association with the Latin American and...

La baja recaudación de impuestos de los estados ha sido una constante del federalismo fiscal mexicano. Se estima que, en promedio, el 88% de los ingresos fiscales estatales proviene de las transferencias que el gobierno federal realiza a los gobiernos locales. La bibliografía vigente se ha...

Debido a la alta dependencia de las transferencias desde el gobierno federal, tradicionalmente se ha argumentado que existe un bajo esfuerzo fiscal en los estados mexicanos. Esta aproximación es parcial porque una evaluación completa del desempeño fiscal debe estar asociada con su potencial...

La baja recaudación de impuestos de los estados ha sido una constante del federalismo fiscal mexicano. Se estima que, en promedio, el 88% de los ingresos fiscales estatales proviene de las transferencias que el gobierno federal realiza a los gobiernos locales. La bibliografía vigente se ha...

Debido a la alta dependencia de las transferencias desde el gobierno federal, tradicionalmente se ha argumentado que existe un bajo esfuerzo fiscal en los estados mexicanos. Esta aproximación es parcial porque una evaluación completa del desempeño fiscal debe estar asociada con su potencial...

This paper examines the growth experiences of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay (Southern Cone countries). The analysis sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of long-run growth of these countries by identifying similarities and differences with other countries and assesses...

In order to analyze how satisfactory the growth process in Latin America has been over the past 40 years it is important to make relevant comparisons with other experiences. To tackle this issue, the authors focus on the per capita economic growth rate and its contributing factors, comparing the...

Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth. Included are case studies from seven...

The IDB's Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar processes in other parts of the world. The aim is to address the topics included herein from a remarkably...