At the threshold of a new decade, with regard to the development process in Latin America and the Caribbean, so much emphasis has been placed on the depth and duration of the economic crisis of recent years that little new can be added, at least in terms of the description of its origin, scope...

This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at the contribution of inputs, and total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in output per worker. A growth accounting approach that goes along the lines of neoclassical growth...