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Are Latin American governments maximising the potential of fiscal policy as a development tool? The 2009 edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook shows that governments in the region could do much more to exploit the ability of fiscal policy to boost economic growth and combat poverty and inequality. ""An important step forward in the dialogue and exchange of experiences between OECD countries and our region."" . -Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC. ""This publication will provide those concerned with Latin America's future with valuable lessons for fiscal policy drawn from the e

Economic forecasting -- Latin America. --- Economic forecasting. --- Latin America -- Economic conditions. --- Latin America -- Economic policy. --- Economic forecasting --- Latin America --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy. --- Economics --- Forecasting --- Economic indicators

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For several years, the government of Paraguay has sought to address the issue of informality, both as a response to poverty reduction and a means to expand its tax base. While effort has been undertaken to describe informality, the government lacks the capacity and perhaps the will to analyze the phenomenon through a robust empirical lens. Hence, little is known about the informal economy beyond anecdotes, personal interactions, and description. This book is the first to comprehensively, rigorously, and empirically study the determinants of informality in Paraguay. This book is of vital interest to those studying the Paraguayan economy, development economics, Latin American economics, and informality.

Paraguay --- Economic policy. --- Labor economics. --- Latin America—Economic conditions. --- Development economics. --- Labor Economics. --- Latin American and Caribbean Economics. --- Development Economics. --- Economics --- Economic development --- Latin America --- Economic conditions.

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The forces of industrialisation, urbanisation, globalisation and technological change have washed away the pre-modern outlook of most Latin American economies. Despite the improved opportunities of social mobility offered by economic modernisation, current income inequality levels (still) appear extraordinary high. Has Latin America always been unequal? Did the region fail to settle a longstanding account with its colonial past? Or should we be reluctant to point our finger so far back in time? In a comparative study of asset and income distribution Frankema shows that both the levels, and nature, of income inequality have changed significantly since 1870. Besides the deep historical roots of land and educational inequality, more recent demographic and political-institutional forces are taken on board to understand Latin America’s distributive dynamics in the long twentieth century.

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Latin America --- Amérique latine --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Conditions économiques --- Condions sociales --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Amérique latine --- Conditions économiques --- Latin America - Economic conditions --- Latin America - Social conditions

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Using a heterodox perspective, this book discusses the real possibilities of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico ever achieving economic development through industrialization. Through their discussion of the three most industrialized countries of Latin America, the contributors compare trajectories and critically analyze the transformations, challenges and development prospects of the sector at the beginning of the 21st Century. Focusing on the historical evolution of each country’s industrial sector, as well as their productivity, structural transformation, and degree of external dependence and international integration, this book will appeal to those researching the political economy, economic history, industrial organization and economic development in Latin America.

Latin America—Economic conditions. --- Schools of economics. --- Development economics. --- Economic history. --- Latin American and Caribbean Economics. --- Heterodox Economics. --- Development Economics. --- Economic History. --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Economic development --- Economics schools of thought --- Schools of economic thought