The recent inauguration of a new administration led by President Cubas presents an opportunity to activate economic growth by implementing policies that increase economic efficiency and attract private...
The recent inauguration of a new administration led by President Cubas presents an opportunity to activate economic growth by implementing policies that increase economic efficiency and attract private...
Regional integration initiatives have surged in Latin America while many countries have undertaken unilateral trade liberalization, and external market access prospects have improved with the successful...
The author examines the relationship between trade policies and macroeconomic adjustment in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico. For the period 1965-94...
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay undertook extensive trade reform at a time of crisis, at which time institutional reform was difficult to undertake. Many of the countries...
This publication is a summary of the full book which reviews the macroeconomic experiences of eighteen developing countries and looks at the interplay between politics and economics and motivations for...
This publication is a summary of the full book which reviews the macroeconomic experiences of eighteen developing countries and looks at the interplay between politics and economics and motivations for...
The author examines the main distinction between trade liberalization under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and under regional trading agreements. Under the GATT, trade liberalization...
This book reviews the macroeconomic experiences of eighteen developing countries and looks at the interplay between politics and economics and motivations for economic policies. The review primarily covers...
This article surveys empirical studies of the static gains from a movement toward free trade and studies of the dynamic effects of growth in exports on per capita income. It also summarizes comparative...
Lessons from the Southern Cone policy reforms. Land rights systems and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The relevance for developing countries of recent developments in macroeconomic theory...
This paper surveys empirical studies which seek to demonstrate the limited static gains from a movement towards free trade in Section I. Section II surveys statistical studies which have established the...