Economic development in Latin America : essay in honor of Werner Baer

This book addresses a diverse set of challenges facing Latin American economies. These range from the role of neo-liberal policies, deficit targeting, import substitution, role of institutions, trade and regional development and human capital and poverty. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 International Cooperation and Global Justice....Pages 9-21 Latin America, UNCTAD, and the Postwar Trading System....Pages 22-33 Import Substitution Industrialization in Latin America: Experience and Lessons for the Future....Pages 34-42 With or without the IMF? Economic Recovery after Devaluation in Argentina and Brazil....Pages 43-61 The Decision to Become Informal Self-Employed in Latin America....Pages 62-72 Institutions and Economic Growth in the Atlantic Periphery: The Efficiency of the Portuguese Machinery of Justice, 1870–1910....Pages 73-101 An Evaluation of the Contractionary Devaluation Hypothesis....Pages 102-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Interpreting Brazilian Income Distribution Trends....Pages 121-132 The Evolution of Agriculture and Land Reform in Brazil, 1960–2006....Pages 133-162 Human Capital and Income Concentration in Brazil....Pages 163-175 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 Structural Analysis of Employment in the Brazilian Economy: 1996 and 2002 Compared....Pages 179-200 Trade Liberalization, Space, and Regional Development....Pages 201-216 Regional and Demographic Determinants of Poverty in Brazil....Pages 217-230 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 The Political Economy of the New Left in Latin America: Does the Bell Toll for Neoliberalism?....Pages 233-253 Deficit Targeting: An Incentive Mechanism for Subnational Fiscal Deficit Reduction in Brazil....Pages 254-272 Is there any Difference in Well-being between American and Brazilian College Students?....Pages 273-285 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Economics the Werner Baer Way....Pages 289-294 Making a Great Difference: The Influence of Professor Werner Baer on the Economic Literature in Brazil, and on Brazil....Pages 295-305 Back Matter....Pages 307-309 "This book provides some important insights into some of the characteristics of development as experienced by a sub-set of Latin American countries"--Provided by publisher