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Economic Development in Latin America

Essay in Honor of Werner Baer

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Hadi Salehi Esfahani

    1. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

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  2. Giovanni Facchini

    1. University of Trento, Italy

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  3. Geoffrey J. D. Hewings

    1. Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois, USA

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Giovanni Facchini, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings
      Pages 1-6

  3. The Role of Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. International Cooperation and Global Justice

      • Paul Streeten
      Pages 9-21

    3. Latin America, UNCTAD, and the Postwar Trading System

      • Joseph L. Love
      Pages 22-33

    4. Import Substitution Industrialization in Latin America: Experience and Lessons for the Future

      • Carlos A. Primo Braga
      Pages 34-42

    5. With or without the IMF? Economic Recovery after Devaluation in Argentina and Brazil

      • Andres Gallo
      Pages 43-61

    6. The Decision to Become Informal Self-Employed in Latin America

      • Patricio Aroca Gonzalez, Wendy Cunningham, William F. Maloney
      Pages 62-72

    7. Institutions and Economic Growth in the Atlantic Periphery: The Efficiency of the Portuguese Machinery of Justice, 1870–1910

      • Jaime Reis
      Pages 73-101

    8. An Evaluation of the Contractionary Devaluation Hypothesis

      • Ricardo Bebczuk, Arturo Galindo, Ugo Panizza
      Pages 102-117

  4. Income Distribution and Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Interpreting Brazilian Income Distribution Trends

      • Don Coes
      Pages 121-132

    3. The Evolution of Agriculture and Land Reform in Brazil, 1960–2006

      • Charles Mueller, Bernardo Mueller
      Pages 133-162

    4. Human Capital and Income Concentration in Brazil

      • Mirta N. S. Bugarin
      Pages 163-175

  5. Regional Aspects of Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Structural Analysis of Employment in the Brazilian Economy: 1996 and 2002 Compared

      • Joaquim J. M. Guilhoto, Silvio Massaru Ichihara, Márcio Guerra Amorim
      Pages 179-200

    3. Trade Liberalization, Space, and Regional Development

      • Eduardo Haddad
      Pages 201-216

    4. Regional and Demographic Determinants of Poverty in Brazil

      • Andre P. Souza, Carlos R. Azzoni, Veridiana A. Nogueira
      Pages 217-230
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

    Hadi Salehi Esfahani

  • University of Trento, Italy

    Giovanni Facchini

  • Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois, USA

    Geoffrey J. D. Hewings

About the editors

Hadi Salehi Esfahani is Professor of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He holds a BSc in engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, and a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. His research focuses on the role of politics and governance in economic policy formation, especially in fiscal, labor, and trade areas. His main area of specialization is the political economy of development in the Middle East and North Africa region.

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