Does the investment climate matter? : microeconomic foundations of growth in Latin America

Does the investment climate matter? : microeconomic foundations of growth in Latin America / edited by Pablo Fajnzylber, J. Luis Guasch, and J. Humberto López.

Although the Latin American region's growth rates are at a three decade high, they have been historically disappointing in relative terms, which cannot be dissociated from the microeconomic environment in which firms operate. Policy makers may need to complement their focus on macroeconomic sta...

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Other Authors: Fajnzylber, Pablo, Guasch, J. Luis, Lopez, J. Humberto
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : World Bank ; Palgrave Macmillan, ©2009.
Series:Latin American development forum.
Subjects:
Investments > Latin America.
Finance > Latin America.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Microeconomics.
Inversiones > América Latina
Desarrollo económico > América Latina
Finance
Investments
Investition
Wirtschaftswachstum
Latin America
Lateinamerika
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Is Another Study of Economic Performance in Latin America and the Caribbean Needed?; Figure 1.1 Per Capita Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1963-2006; Figure 1.2 Per Capita Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Taking into Account Deviations with Respect to Global Trends, 1963-2005; Figure 1.3 Per Capita Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Taking into Account Deviations with Respect to Selected Country Groups, 1963-2005.

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