Growth, employment, and equity : the impact of the economic reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean /
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| Author / Creator: | Stallings, Barbara. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2000. |
| Description: | xiv, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4297098 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. A New Approach to Analyzing Reforms: Macro-Micro Linkages
- The Literature on the Reforms
- A New Conceptual Framework
- Six Propositions
- Methodological Considerations
- 2. The International Context: Trade and Capital Flows
- Latin American Trade Relations
- Capital Flows to Latin America
- Conclusions
- 3. Structural Reforms and Public Policies
- First Generation Structural Reforms
- Macroeconomic Policies and Outcomes
- Links between Reforms and Macroeconomic Policy
- Social Policy and Social Expenditure
- Conclusions
- 4. Investment, Productivity, and Growth: Recovery and Modest Advances
- Long-term Trends in Investment and Productivity
- Post-Reform Phases of Investment and Technological Change
- The Impact of the Reforms on Investment
- Reforms and Growth
- Accounting for Differences in Growth
- The Impact of the Reforms on Growth
- Growth and the External Sector
- Conclusions
- 5. Employment and Equity: Continuing Challenges
- The Supply Side: Demography and Education
- The Impact of the Reforms on Employment
- Wages and the Wage Differential
- Trends in Primary Income Distribution
- The Impact of the Reforms on Household Income Distribution
- The Impact of Social Expenditure on Equity
- Conclusions
- 6. Heterogeneity in Responses of Sectors and Firms
- The Sectoral Dynamics of the Economy as a Whole
- Specialization and Heterogeneity in Manufacturing
- Specialization and Polarization in Agriculture
- Natural Advantages and Access to Foreign Investment in Mining
- Technological Revolution and Privatization in Electricity and Telecommunications
- Increasing Heterogeneity in Sectoral Employment
- Conclusions
- 7. A Policy Agenda for the Next Decade
- The Reforms and Their Impact
- Recommendations to Improve the Outlook for the Region
- Concluding Comments
- References
- Additional Project Publications
- Index
