Intro -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- 1. External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe, and Brazil -- 2. Belindia Goes to Washington: The Brazilian Economy after the Reforms -- 3. External Liberalization, Growth, and Distribution in China -- 4. Opening Up the Hungarian...

Since the late 1980s, almost all Latin American countries have undergone a series of far-reaching economic reforms, particularly in the areas of financial and capital account liberalization and trade. This book provides a comparative and analytical framework for assessing the impact of these...