Introduction / Robert E. Looney -- An alternative policy approach to growth and stabilization in small open economies / DeLisle Worrell -- Impacts of climate change on Caribbean economies / Masaō I. Ashtine -- Caribbean energy security : regional profile and challenges to integration / David...

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...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Latin American economic history in the light of the recent economic cycles -- Chapter 3: The Making of Mexico: The Political Economy of Conquest and Independence -- Chapter 4: Checks and Balances in the Colonial Government of Peru: Evidence from Office...