Democratic economics and improved governance can be guiding principles for the newly formed G20, representing two thirds of the world’s population and 88% of the world’s economy. To get economies to work for the majorities it is necessary to balance free market policies with global and...

The current economic crisis has long-term causes that are rooted in the economic dynamics of globalization. I construct a Solow-style endogenous model of capital accumulation, technological change, trade and cheap-factor-seeking foreign direct investment (FDI), based on myopic agents. Combining...

Using a switching model, we show significative differences in the formation of infant cognitive capacity across mexican social strata (data from ENNVIH 2002). This varies according to parental wealth and human capital. Low-income children acquire a lower cognitive capacity than higher-income...

I review the current theoretical and econometric literature on the economic dynamics of urbanization and its relation to economic growth. I then report research results on the short- and long-term impacts of urbanization on human development, using Gray and Purser’s 1970-2005 database on human...

Industrial agglomeration follows centripetal and centrifugal forces that can be indicated by industrial variety and average number of firms per industrial branch. The economic geography of the correlation of these indicators with productivity, and with competition and congestion, is reviewed....

Although the literature about economic growth began to boom in the 1990s, this has not meant that a consensus has been reached about recommendations, much less in the view of the Mexican public. The aim of this article is to analyze different countries’ growth experiences, particularly in the...

There is increasing awareness that race and ethnicity play an important role in the poverty and social marginalization of Latin American and Caribbean populations.

I conduct a cross-country analysis of the human development index (HDI) components, income, life expectancy, literacy and gross enrolment ratios, using Gray and PurserÕs 1970-2005 quinquennial database for 111 countries. 1) A descriptive analysis uncovers a complex pattern of divergence and...

This book offers insights into the process of economic reform in developing countries. It is organized around three factors that are critical to the success of any reform. According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, these key dimensions are Reach, Range, and Reason. ‘Reach’ refers to...

Even though the current crisis is clearly global, much of the analysis and many of the policy proposals have a single country viewpoint, particularly in the case of the United States. Explanations concentrate, for example on the financial system and on population-wide indebtment. Here we examine...