This paper discusses the evolution of firmsù productivity and structural heterogeneity (SH) in the Brazilian manufacturing industry in the 2000s. SH is defined (following the Latin American structuralist tradition) as a situation in which a large share of total firms is in the lowest...

Beyond Reforms presents the contributions of some United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analysts as well as research articles prepared for the Commission. It reviews long-term growth and development patterns and focuses on macroeconomic vulnerability and...

En este documento se argumenta que las ideas estructuralistas son particularmente úti¬les para discutir el crecimiento mundial en tiempo de crisis. Son tres los puntos principales del documento. El primero es que las políticas específicas para promover el cambio estructural en la periferia,...

The existence of profound relationships of some sorts between innovation, industrialization and economic development is now generally acknowledged in both economic history and economic theory. However, the conditions which foster technological learning and its successful incorporation into the...

A paradox seems to emerge about the extraordinary Chilean growth performance during the last two decades. Indeed, the export-led growth model was based on the export of natural resource based products characterized by low-income elasticity of demand while the productive structure was suffering a...

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