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The New Economic Model in Latin America and its Impact on Income Distribution and Poverty

  • Victor Bulmer-Thomas
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Part of the Institute of Latin American Studies Series book series (LASS)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-6
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Victor Bulmer-Thomas
      Pages 7-26

  3. Thematic Studies

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 27-27
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    2. The New Trade Regime, Macroeconomic Behaviour and Income Distribution in Latin America
      E. V. K. FitzGerald
      Pages 29-52
    3. Chronic Fiscal Stress and the Reproduction of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
      Laurence Whitehead
      Pages 53-77
    4. The New Economic Model and Labour Markets in Latin America
      Jim Thomas
      Pages 79-102
    5. The New Financial Regime in Latin America
      Raúl Fernández
      Pages 103-125
    6. International Capital Flows to Latin America
      Stephany Griffith-Jones
      Pages 127-143

  4. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 145-145
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    2. The Distributive Impact of the New Economic Model in Chile
      Christopher Scott
      Pages 147-184
    3. Income Distribution and Poverty in Mexico
      Humberto Pánuco-Laguette, Miguel Székely
      Pages 185-222
    4. Honduras, the New Economic Model and Poverty
      Andy Thorpe
      Pages 223-248
    5. Inequality and Poverty in the Lost Decade: Brazilian Income Distribution in the 1980s
      Francisco Ferreira, Julie Litchfield
      Pages 249-270
    6. The Manufacturing Sector in Latin America and the New Economic Model
      John Weeks
      Pages 271-294
    7. Conclusions
      Victor Bulmer-Thomas
      Pages 295-314
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 315-370
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About this book

Introduction

The economies of Latin America have undergone a deep process of change in the last decade as a result of the application of major reforms. The outcome can be fairly described as a New Economic Model. This New Economic Model is distinguished from its predecessor, in force before the 1980s debt crisis, by an emphasis on market forces and export-led growth. This book explores the main features of the New Economic Model in Latin America and, through analysis of the reform process and case studies, examines its impact on income distribution and poverty.

Keywords

growth income distribution labor market macroeconomics poverty production reforms

Authors and affiliations

  • Victor Bulmer-Thomas
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute of Latin American StudiesUniversity of LondonUK

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