The authors of this paper assert that the paralysis of the state generated by the crises of the 1970s and 1980s deprived the economies of the region of an important lever to resume and sustain growth. They thus maintain that to overcome stagnation it will be necessary to reconstruct the...

"Series of papers assessing Mexico's recent macroeconomic performance. Chapters cover the process of adjustment from the crisis of 1982 to 1992, the potential of the agricultural sector, structural problems in manufacturing, the service sector, and problems of semi-industrialized economies...