While Latin America accounts for approximately 7 percent of the world economy, easily accessible information on the economies of the region is not always easy to find. The existing literature on Latin American economics usually assumes some previous familiarity with the region and is focused on...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Economies of Latin America -- Chapter 2 A Brief Economic History -- Chapter 3 What is “Wrong”: The Usual List of Suspects -- Chapter 4 Argentina and Brazil -- Chapter 5 Chile, Colombia, Peru, and...

Der wissenschaftliche Teil der 46. Jahresversammlung des ifo Instituts am 22. Juni 1995 setzte sich mit dem Konvergenzprozeß und der bisherigen Entwicklung in den neuen Bundesländern auseinander. Der Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt, sächsischer Staatsminister der Finanzen, wird...

World markets in China's wake -- Natural resources and development under shifting global regimes -- The rise of China as a necessary condition for post-neoliberal breaks -- Typology of political-economic trajectories under commodity boom conditions -- Neodevelopmentalist type: Argentina and...