Gerardo Angeles-Castro

Economic Liberalisation in Latin America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the process of economic liberalisation in Latin America and revises the transition from the import substitution industrialisation model to the market-oriented reforms. It explains the theoretical foundations of the neoliberal paradigm and the implications of the policies that were labelled as Washington Consensus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780367456542
• ISBN-10: 0367456540
• Artikelnr.: 60021656

Autorenporträt

Gerardo Angeles-Castro received his PhD in economics from the University of Kent, UK. He is a consultant advisor at Tecnópoli and a research economist in the School of Economics at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico. He is also a member of the National Researchers System, CONACYT, Mexico. His research interests include economic development, applied econometrics, international political economy, and transport economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The emergence of the Washington Consensus in Latin America: theoretical
foundations and challenges
2 Implications of the Washington Consensus reforms and resulting trends
3 Country case studies, economic liberalisation implementation, and
short-run results
4 Long-run evolution of equity and growth
5 Final remarks