Institutional change and technology: impacts of deregulation on the national innovation system

Includes bibliography

Science and technology policy and the National Innovation System in Argentina

Includes bibliography

Alternative measures of potential economic growth in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Keynesian economic policies: reflections on the Brazilian economy, 1995-2009

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Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean: growth transitions rather than steady states

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Trade liberalization and economic growth in Central America

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008-2009: Policies for creating quality jobs

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Economic growth with equity: challenges for Latin America

Includes bibliography

Consumer confidence and economic growth: case studies of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

Includes bibliography

Mexico: economic growth, exports and industrial performance after NAFTA

Includes bibliography

Economic growth in Latin America in the late 20th century: evidence and interpretation

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Structural constraints and determinants of economic growth in Cuba

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Economic growth and real volatility: The case of Latin America and the Caribbean

Using a new database of quarterly data for 21 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean for the 1990-2012 period, this document shows that the duration of GDP contractions appears to be a rather robust indicator of real volatility, and is negatively correlated with long run growth in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period. These results are consistent with different theoretical hypotheses in the literature that relate the duration of GDP contractions with economic growth. They also show that the relationship between real volatility and economic growth in the region is robust to the inclusion of external variables that control for external uncertainty and volatility.

Puerto Rico: Fiscal and economic growth challenges

The objective of this paper is to assess the challenges that Puerto Rico’s economy is currently facing. Puerto Rico’s development experience in the postwar period is briefly discussed in order to understand the nature of the island’s current situation. Puerto Rico’s recent economic performance, credit position, debt situation and fiscal conditions, including its complex capital structure and recently released fiscal and economic growth plan are also analyzed.

The People’s Republic of China and Latin America: the impact of Chinese economic growth on Latin American exports

The role of the People’s Republic of China in the world economy has grown substantially in recent decades, turning it into a strategic foreign trading partner for much of Latin America. Bilateral trade between the region and China totalled US$ 120 billion in 2009. This study analyses the income elasticity of the region’s exports to the country. The findings show that, assuming real gross domestic product (gdp) growth in China of about 7% a year, the value of Latin American exports to China (at 2005 prices) can be expected to increase by an average of about 10% a year between 2014 and 2019. In a more conservative scenario of 4.5% average annual growth in the Chinese economy over the period, exports would rise by about 7% a year.