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Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors

1. Introduction
Matías Vernengo and Esteban Pérez Caldentey

PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL TURN

2. Industrialization, Trade, and Economic Growth
Carlos Aguiar de Medeiros

3. Institutions, Property Rights, and Why Nations Fail
Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo

4. With the Best of Intentions: Types of Development Failure in Latin America
Miguel A. Centeno and Agustín E. Ferraro

5. What Makes an Institution “Developmental”? A Comparative Analysis
Alejandro Portes and Jean C. Nava

PART II: THE POST-BOOM CHALLENGES

6. Latin America’s Mounting Development Challenges
José Antonio Ocampo

7. Economic Performance in Latin America in the 2000s: Recession, Recovery, and Resilience?
Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Stefanie Garry

8. South America after the Commodity Boom
Martín Abeles and Sebastián Valdecantos

9. China in Latin America: Social and Environmental Lessons for Institutions in a Commodity Boom
Rebecca Ray and Kevin P. Gallagher

10. Some Concluding Thoughts
Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo

Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/10/2017
      ISBN13: 9780520290297, 978-0520290297
      ISBN10: 0520290291

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Contributors

      1. Introduction
      Matías Vernengo and Esteban Pérez Caldentey

      PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL TURN

      2. Industrialization, Trade, and Economic Growth
      Carlos Aguiar de Medeiros

      3. Institutions, Property Rights, and Why Nations Fail
      Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo

      4. With the Best of Intentions: Types of Development Failure in Latin America
      Miguel A. Centeno and Agustín E. Ferraro

      5. What Makes an Institution “Developmental”? A Comparative Analysis
      Alejandro Portes and Jean C. Nava

      PART II: THE POST-BOOM CHALLENGES

      6. Latin America’s Mounting Development Challenges
      José Antonio Ocampo

      7. Economic Performance in Latin America in the 2000s: Recession, Recovery, and Resilience?
      Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Stefanie Garry

      8. South America after the Commodity Boom
      Martín Abeles and Sebastián Valdecantos

      9. China in Latin America: Social and Environmental Lessons for Institutions in a Commodity Boom
      Rebecca Ray and Kevin P. Gallagher

      10. Some Concluding Thoughts
      Esteban Pérez Caldentey and Matías Vernengo

      Index

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