The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics
- Overview
- Table of Contents
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Shifting Paradigms in Latin America’s Economic Development |
3 |
2 |
Institutions and the Historical Roots of Latin American Divergence |
26 |
3 |
Political Institutions, Policymaking, and Economic Policy in Latin America |
50 |
4 |
The Washington Consensus: Assessing a “Damaged Brand” |
79 |
5 |
From Old to New Developmentalism in Latin America |
108 |
6 |
Environmental Sustainability |
130 |
7 |
Taming Capital Account Shocks: Managing Booms and Busts |
161 |
8 |
Exchange Rate Regimes in Latin America |
187 |
9 |
Monetary Policy in Latin America: Performance under Crisis and the Challenges of Exuberance |
214 |
10 |
Domestic Financial Development in Latin America |
241 |
11 |
Fiscal Policy in Latin America |
266 |
12 |
Fiscal Legitimacy, Inequalities, and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America |
293 |
13 |
Latin America in the World Trade System |
317 |
14 |
Regional Integration |
341 |
15 |
The Effects of Trade Liberalization on Growth, Employment, and Wages |
368 |
16 |
The Recent Commodity Price Boom and Latin American Growth: More than New Bottles for an Old Wine? |
394 |
17 |
Curse or Blessing? Natural Resources and Human Development |
411 |
18 |
Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America |
438 |
19 |
China and the Future of Latin American Economic Development |
461 |
20 |
Latin America in the Recent Wave of International Migration |
488 |
21 |
Structural Transformation and Economic Growth in Latin America |
519 |
22 |
Learning, Technological Capabilities, and Structural Dynamics |
546 |
23 |
Why Has Productivity Growth Stagnated in Most Latin American Countries since the Neo-Liberal Reforms? |
568 |
24 |
Agricultural and Rural Development |
608 |
25 |
An Energy Panorama of Latin America |
636 |
26 |
Infrastructure in Latin America |
659 |
27 |
Th e Rise and Fall of Income Inequality in Latin America |
691 |
28 |
Multidimensional Poverty in Latin America: Concept, Measurement, and Policy |
715 |
29 |
Economic Insecurity and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean |
741 |
30 |
Employment: The Dominance of the Informal Economy |
767 |
31 |
Latin American Labor Reforms: Evaluating Risk and Security |
790 |
32 |
Education |
813 |
33 |
Social Protection in Latin America: Achievements and Limitations |
836 |
34 |
Social Security Reforms in Latin America |
863 |

