La tesis de este articulo es que el desarrollo acelerado de America Latina y el Caribe, una region rica en recursos naturales, dependera de la rapidez con la que aprenda a industrializar y a procesar sus recursos, asi como a desarrollar las actividades proveedoras de insumos, servicios de...

Throughout, the history of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, natural resource wealth has been critical for its economies. Production of precious metals, sugar, rubber, grains, coffee, copper, and oil have at various periods of history made countries in Latin America-and their...

The question of how to treat commodity production and how to manage recurrent cycles of booms and busts has always been a challenge for policymakers in commodity-dependent countries, including many in the LAC region. These challenges have led to allegations of a "commodity curse'' that retards...