Introduction: Canada’s Past and Future in the Americas: Beyond the “Americas Strategy” / Pablo Heidrich and Laura Macdonald -- Locating Latin America: Geography, Identity, and the Americas in Canadian Foreign Policy / Asa Mckercher -- Life-death-rebirth: the Latin American Working Group...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The emergence of the Washington Consensus in Latin America: Theoretical foundations and challenges -- From the import substitution...

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Benefits of More Global and Regional Financial Integration in Latin America -- 3 Barriers to Integration in Banking -- 4 Barriers to Integration in the Insurance Sector -- 5 Barriers to Integration for...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction and Summary of Results -- Even in the age of globalization, geography matters for trade, factor flows, and economic performance -- Regional trade in LAC and in the Americas:...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- What Is the Goal? And How to Set It? -- How to Improve Services as Cost-Effectively as Possible? -- Who Should Pay-And What Does It Imply in Terms of Financing Options? -- Conclusions -- Note --...

Does what economies export matter for development? If so, can industrial policies improve on the export basket generated by the market? This book approaches these questions from a variety of conceptual and policy viewpoints. Reviewing the theoretical arguments in favor of industrial policies,...

Motivation,methodology and main findings -- A review of recent SME program impact evaluation studies -- Evaluating SME support programs in Chile using panel firm data -- Evaluating small and medium enterprise support programs in Colombia -- Mexico : impact evaluation of sme programs using panel...