Latin America’s economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question o

Analysis of Latin America's economy focusing on development, covering the colonial roots of inequality, boom and bust cycles, labor markets, and fiscal and mone

A comprehensive balanced portrait of the factors affecting economic development in Latin America, first published in 2003.

Latin America has been central to the main debates on development economics, ranging from the relationships between income inequality and economic growth, and t

While Latin America accounts for approximately 7 percent of the world economy, easily accessible information on the economies of the region is not always easy t