According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries' growth would benefit from reductions in barriers to trade …. However, the empirical basis for judging trade reforms is weak. Econometrics are mostly ad hoc; results are typically not … intermediate goods, did lead to faster growth in a manner consistent with theory. …

those countries pursuing trade liberalization initiatives to know how their specialization profiles would look like under … lower trade costs. This paper examines the impact of trade policy on production specialization patterns in ten Latin …-consistent measure of specialization is derived from the standard international trade theory: the share of the industry in a country …

As Latin America and the Caribbeans "Great Liberalization" reaches its 30th anniversary, we revisit the trade and … growth debate by updating and expanding Estevadeordal and Taylors 2013 paper. To better understand the regions heterogeneity … liberalization is likely to have made a significant contribution to the acceleration in growth observed in the postliberalization …

This paper seeks to identify the most promising fiscal strategy to boost long-term economic growth in Argentina and … quantify its effects. To this end, the authors updated a growth-diagnostics study for Argentina and corroborated that low … improved appropriability and long-term growth. …

economic development and growth is still in its infancy. In order to facilitate further necessary research on this topic, this …

spending across different functions to achieve higher growth. While most papers restrict their analysis to the size of … government, much less is known about the composition of spending and its implications for long-term growth. This paper sheds … expenditures, enhance growth in Latin America. This paper uses a novel dataset on physical and human capital and detailed public …

and unambiguously assert that trade openness is conducive to growth and poverty reduction, the preponderance of evidence … supports this conclusion. However, the majority of empirical studies also show that the impact of trade on growth and poverty …Despite the growing political priority given to making trade work for the majority in Latin America, a notable gap …

, which may potentially negatively affect international trade. Customs around the world have therefore implemented security …-motivated certification programs to facilitate licit trade. These programs offer trustworthy trading firms, i.e., Authorized Economic …