El primer objetivo de este trabajo es proporcionar una elaboración sistemática del análisis de tres sectores y testear la visión convencional de que un aumento exógeno en el déficit fiscal podría dar como respuesta un menor aumento en el déficit comercial. Usando datos de Uruguay,...

El objetivo de este documento es analizar la efectividad, los costos y los tiempos de las políticas gubernamentales, las instituciones, las leyes y regulaciones, y los procedimientos que afectan negativamente el clima de negocios en Uruguay. El propósito es resaltar los aspectos positivos que...

El objetivo de este documento es analizar la efectividad, los costos y los tiempos de las políticas gubernamentales, las instituciones, las leyes y regulaciones, y los procedimientos que afectan negativamente el clima de negocios en Uruguay. El propósito es resaltar los aspectos positivos que...

The case for a natural resource curse is based on the argument that in the absence of challenges, there is no progress. Is South America cursed by its natural resources? Does China’s rapid penetration of the region renew the region’s comparative advantage in natural resources? Does South...

GDP per capita in Latin America has been falling behind high-income countries and other benchmarks for decades and the region’s mediocre growth performance is one of the main reasons why poverty reduction, and living standards more generally, in the region is well below that observed in peer...

This paper analyses fiscal policy for several economies in Latin America, from the early nineties to the 2009 crisis. We present original estimates of cyclically-adjusted public revenues for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay implementing the standardised...

This paper combines development and growth accounting exercises with economic theory to estimate the relative importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of Latin America. The region’s development performance is...

Discussions on how best to exit from global imbalances to create a more balanced world economy have ignored the impact on poor countries of proposals to redress these imbalances. This paper aims at filling that gap. It gauges the degree of renminbi (RMB) undervaluation; presents evidence on RMB...

The shift in global goods production towards Asia is well documented. But global consumer demand has so far been concentrated in the rich economies of the OECD. Will that also shift towards Asia as these countries get richer? This paper defines a global middle class as all those living in...