How Latin America Weathered The Global

Author : José De Gregorio
Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780881326789

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How Latin America Weathered the Global by José De Gregorio Pdf

The global financial and economic turmoil of 2008–09 plunged Europe and the United States into their worst economic downturns in 75 years. Many experts feared that developing regions like Latin America, which had experienced many of their own crises in recent decades, would be even worse affected. Instead, Latin America suffered only limited damage. Indeed the region’s GDP is 20 percent higher than its pre-crisis level. José De Gregorio, governor of the Central Bank of Chile from 2007 to 2011, explains Latin America’s success with a perspective that only an insider can have. This book focuses mainly on the seven largest economies of Latin America—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela—which together account for more than 90 percent of regional output. The author argues that strong performance during the crisis resulted from the sound macroeconomic and financial policies that these countries followed beforehand. Their accomplishments allowed them to undertake significant monetary and fiscal expansion in the context of robust financial systems. De Gregorio acknowledges that there was also an element of luck—in terms of improved terms of trade. This is a candid, searching, and dramatic case study of crisis preparation—and crisis management.

Author : Andrew Fenton Cooper,Jorge Heine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133185467

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Which Way Latin America? by Andrew Fenton Cooper,Jorge Heine Pdf

Explores the ways in which the region has re-engaged globalization.

Author : Paulo Drinot,Alan Knight
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822376248

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The Great Depression in Latin America by Paulo Drinot,Alan Knight Pdf

Although Latin America weathered the Great Depression better than the United States and Europe, the global economic collapse of the 1930s had a deep and lasting impact on the region. The contributors to this book examine the consequences of the Depression in terms of the role of the state, party-political competition, and the formation of working-class and other social and political movements. Going beyond economic history, they chart the repercussions and policy responses in different countries while noting common cross-regional trends--in particular, a mounting critique of economic orthodoxy and greater state intervention in the economic, social, and cultural spheres, both trends crucial to the region's subsequent development. The book also examines how regional transformations interacted with and differed from global processes. Taken together, these essays deepen our understanding of the Great Depression as a formative experience in Latin America and provide a timely comparative perspective on the recent global economic crisis. Contributors. Marcelo Bucheli, Carlos Contreras, Paulo Drinot, Jeffrey L. Gould, Roy Hora, Alan Knight, Gillian McGillivray, Luis Felipe Sáenz, Angela Vergara, Joel Wolfe, Doug Yarrington

Author : Margarita Fajardo
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674270022

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The World That Latin America Created by Margarita Fajardo Pdf

How a group of intellectuals and policymakers transformed development economics and gave Latin America a new position in the world. After the Second World War demolished the old order, a group of economists and policymakers from across Latin America imagined a new global economy and launched an intellectual movement that would eventually capture the world. They charged that the systems of trade and finance that bound the world’s nations together were frustrating the economic prospects of Latin America and other regions of the world. Through the UN Economic Commission for Latin America, or CEPAL, the Spanish and Portuguese acronym, cepalinos challenged the orthodoxies of development theory and policy. Simultaneously, they demanded more not less trade, more not less aid, and offered a development agenda to transform both the developed and the developing world. Eventually, cepalinos established their own form of hegemony, outpacing the United States and the International Monetary Fund as the agenda setters for a region traditionally held under the orbit of Washington and its institutions. By doing so, cepalinos reshaped both regional and international governance and set an intellectual agenda that still resonates today. Drawing on unexplored sources from the Americas and Europe, Margarita Fajardo retells the history of dependency theory, revealing the diversity of an often-oversimplified movement and the fraught relationship between cepalinos, their dependentista critics, and the regional and global Left. By examining the political ventures of dependentistas and cepalinos, The World That Latin America Created is a story of ideas that brought about real change.

Author : Robert Rennhack
Publisher : INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 146237879X

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Global Financial Regulatory Reform: Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by Robert Rennhack Pdf

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has weathered the global financial crisis reasonably well so far, although tighter global financial conditions began to take their toll on trade, capital flows and economic growth in late 2008. This resilience reflects the reforms put in place by many countries over the past decade to strengthen financial supervision and adopt sound macroeconomic policies. Building on this progress, the region's financial sector reform agenda now aims at further improvements, including steps aiming to improve compliance with the Basel Core Principles of Banking Supervision and to broaden and deepen domestic financial markets.

Author : Eduardo Galeano
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780853459903

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Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano Pdf

[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.

Author : Matthew C. Gutmann,Jeffrey Lesser
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520965942

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Global Latin America by Matthew C. Gutmann,Jeffrey Lesser Pdf

Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. Global Latin America examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples’ lives far outside the region. Its innovative essays, interviews, and stories focus on insights from public intellectuals, political leaders, artists, academics, and activists from the region, allowing students to gain an appreciation of the global relevance of Latin America in the twenty-first century.

Author : Rudiger Dornbusch,Sebastian Edwards
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226158488

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The Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America by Rudiger Dornbusch,Sebastian Edwards Pdf

Again and again, Latin America has seen the populist scenario played to an unfortunate end. Upon gaining power, populist governments attempt to revive the economy through massive spending. After an initial recovery, inflation reemerges and the government responds with wage an price controls. Shortages, overvaluation, burgeoning deficits, and capital flight soon precipitate economic crisis, with a subsequent collapse of the populist regime. The lessons of this experience are especially valuable for countries in Eastern Europe, as they face major political and economic decisions. Economists and political scientists from the United States and Latin America detail in this volume how and why such programs go wrong and what leads policymakers to repeatedly adopt these policies despite a history of failure. Authors examine this pattern in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru—and show how Colombia managed to avoid it. Despite differences in how each country implemented its policies, the macroeconomic consequences were remarkably similar. Scholars of Latin America will find this work a valuable resource, offering a distinctive macroeconomic perspective on the continuing controversy over the dynamics of populism.

Author : Vincenzo Fortunato
Publisher : Editions L'Harmattan
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782336318882

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Old and New Inequalities in a Globalised World by Vincenzo Fortunato Pdf

Author : Tanya Harmer,Alberto Martín Álvarez
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781683402831

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Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left by Tanya Harmer,Alberto Martín Álvarez Pdf

This volume showcases new research on the global reach of Latin American revolutionary movements during the height of the Cold War, mapping out the region’s little-known connections with Africa, Asia, and Europe. Toward a Global History of Latin America’s Revolutionary Left offers insights into the effect of international collaboration on the identities, ideologies, strategies, and survival of organizers and groups. Featuring contributions from historians working in six different countries, this collection includes chapters on Cuba’s hosting of the 1966 Tricontinental Conference that brought revolutionary movements together; Czechoslovakian intelligence’s logistical support for revolutionaries; the Brazilian Left’s search for recognition in Cuba and China; the central role played by European publishing houses in disseminating news from Latin America; Italian support for Brazilian guerrilla insurgents; Spanish ties with Nicaragua’s revolution; and the solidarity of European networks with Guatemala’s Guerrilla Army of the Poor. Through its expansive geographical perspectives, this volume positions Latin America as a significant force on the international stage of the 1960s and 1970s. It sets a new research agenda that will guide future study on leftist movements, transnational networks, and Cold War history in the region. Contributor:s José Manuel Ágreda Portero | Van Gosse | James G. Hershberg | Gerardo Leibner | Blanca Mar León | Eduardo Rey Tristán | Arturo Taracena Arriola | Michal Zourek

Author : OECD,Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264180734

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Latin American Economic Outlook 2013 SME Policies for Structural Change by OECD,Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Pdf

This edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook finds that the region has weathered the recent turbulence in the global economy with reletive strength. This edition focuses on the role of Small and Medium Enterprises in Latin America.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264094659

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Latin American Economic Outlook 2011 How Middle-Class Is Latin America? by OECD Pdf

This year's Latin American Economic Outlook includes a macroeconomic overview of the ongoing economic recovery from the global financial crisis as well as an in-depth report on the middle class in Latin America.

Author : Vincenzo Fortunato
Publisher : Harmattan Italia
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782140159954

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Old and new inequalities in a globalised world by Vincenzo Fortunato Pdf

Cet ouvrage collectif en langue anglaise se compose d'un ensemble d'études concernant l'augmentation des inégalités économiques dans les sociétés capitalistes de l'Europe et de L'Amérique latine. Les auteurs enquêtent les causes de ces différences et les possibles réponses.

Author : Harinder S Kohli,Claudio Loser,Anil Sood
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8132111400

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Latin America 2040 by Harinder S Kohli,Claudio Loser,Anil Sood Pdf

Latin America 2040 presents a longer term vision of Latin American society and economies, within which current policy debates and actions must be anchored. It presents a set of multigenerational issues that must be tackled urgently in order for countries in the region to sharply reduce inequities as well as raise their economic growth rates. While most Latin Americans have weathered the latest economic turmoil reasonably well, the fact is that the region has been underperforming Asia for the past thirty years. Much of Latin America is mired in the “middle income trap”. This book argues that the current situation is untenable economically, socially and politically. At the same time, the authors believe that the region can and must aim higher and aspire to achieve much more rapid economic growth and a much faster reduction in disparities during the next three decades. This book presents a bold and ambitious new vision of Latin America and offers an agenda for such a resurgence of Latin America. It presents a strategy for the regional economies to realize this vision by sharply raising their growth rates while achieving much more inclusive societies. This, in turn, will allow Latin America to reverse the trend of the past thirty years during which it steadily and significantly lost its share of the world economy and thus enter a new era of hope and prosperity.

Author : John D. Cox
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781119806790

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Weather For Dummies by John D. Cox Pdf

"Weather For Dummies is probably the best book written for a general audience about the subject." ―BILL GATES Find out what's really going on when it seems like the sky is falling with Weather For Dummies What exactly is happening when the wind blows, the clouds roll in, lightning flashes, and rain pours down? How do hurricanes whip into a frenzy, and where do tornadoes come from? Why do seasonal conditions sometimes vary so much from one year to the next? The inner workings of the weather can be a mystery, but Dummies can help. Packed with dozens of maps, charts, and stunning photographs of weather conditions, Weather For Dummies brings the science of meteorology down to earth, covering everything from weather basics to cloud types, seasonal differences, extreme weather events, climate change, and beyond. You'll learn how to: Predict the weather and prepare a forecast Use common weather terminology like a pro Identify different types of clouds Spot weather conditions that can lead to storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and monsoons Observe fun weather phenomena like lightning, rainbows, sundogs, and haloes Talk about what impact weather has on the global ecosystem Get a handle on smog, the greenhouse effect, global warming, and other climate issues Featuring clear explanations and fun and easy activities you can do at home, you'll be ready – rain or shine – for the ever-changing skies above with Weather For Dummies.