Latin America's economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question of how some of the wealthiest nations in the world in the nineteenth century are now the most crisis-prone has long puzzled economists and...

In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away, and today the gap is huge. Why did this happen? Was it culture? Geography? Economic policies? Natural resources? Differences in...

Preface 7. - Introduction 11. - Le Qatar, succes contemporain 13. - Un Etat positivement dynamique 13. - Un rayonnement limitrophe impactant 21. - Des relations Internationales audacieuses 22. - Les enjeux capitaux de l'Emirat 28. - Les leviers d'actions du Qatar 37. - Les outils economiques et...