understanding of growth and inequality in the region. The region has experienced β- and σ-convergence; however, growth rates of per …We investigate the relevance of beta (β, absolute and conditional) and sigma (σ) convergence in the economies of the … health can enhance growth rate, whereas the overall revenue expenditure retards growth. Therefore, provinces' capital budgets …

brings to light three regional growth dynamics: the first is centered on commodities and South America, the second on …This paper reviews the determinants of Latin America's uneven growth based on an accounting decomposition that breaks … down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction …