Friday, July 24, 2009
[IWS] IADB: [LATIN AMERICA] GROWING PAINS, BINDING CONSTRAINTS TO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT [June 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Growing Pains. Binding Constraints to Productive Investment in Latin America
Authors:Agosin, Manuel R. , Fernández-Arias, Eduardo , Jaramillo, Fidel
Published: June 2009
Language: English
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?id_sec=3&pub_id=B-634
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/includes/pub_hits.cfm?pub_id=B-634&pub_file_name=pubB-634.pdf
[full-text, 444 pages]
Abstract:
Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth, in seven countries in the region.
Table of Contents
Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
Preface. . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1.
Binding Constraints to Growth in Latin America:
An Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Manuel Agosin, Eduardo Fernández-Arias, Fidel Jaramillo
Chapter 2.
Identifying the Most Binding Constraints
to Growth and Competitiveness in Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Gabriel Sánchez and Inés Butler
Chapter 3.
What is Impeding Growth in Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Juan Blyde, Armando Castelar Pinheiro,
Christian Daude, and Eduardo Fernández- Arias
Chapter 4.
Ecuador: Binding Constraints to Growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Simón Cueva, Vicente Albornoz, and Leopoldo Avellán
Chapter 5.
Tearing Down the Walls:
Growth and Inclusion in Guatemala. . . . . . . . . . 217
Daniel Artana, Sebastián Auguste, and Mario Cuevas
Chapter 6.
Growth Diagnostic: Peru. . . . . . . . . . 273
Ricardo Hausmann and Bailey Klinger
Chapter 7.
Nicaragua: Remembrance of Growth Past . . 313
Manuel R. Agosin, Rodrigo Bolaños, and Félix Delgado
Chapter 8
Trinidad and Tobago: Economic Growth in
a Dual Economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Daniel Artana, Sebastián Auguste, Ramiro Moya,
Sandra Sookram, and Patrick Watson
Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
Appendix B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Growing Pains. Binding Constraints to Productive Investment in Latin America
Authors:Agosin, Manuel R. , Fernández-Arias, Eduardo , Jaramillo, Fidel
Published: June 2009
Language: English
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?id_sec=3&pub_id=B-634
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/includes/pub_hits.cfm?pub_id=B-634&pub_file_name=pubB-634.pdf
[full-text, 444 pages]
Abstract:
Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth, in seven countries in the region.
Table of Contents
Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
Preface. . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1.
Binding Constraints to Growth in Latin America:
An Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Manuel Agosin, Eduardo Fernández-Arias, Fidel Jaramillo
Chapter 2.
Identifying the Most Binding Constraints
to Growth and Competitiveness in Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Gabriel Sánchez and Inés Butler
Chapter 3.
What is Impeding Growth in Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Juan Blyde, Armando Castelar Pinheiro,
Christian Daude, and Eduardo Fernández- Arias
Chapter 4.
Ecuador: Binding Constraints to Growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Simón Cueva, Vicente Albornoz, and Leopoldo Avellán
Chapter 5.
Tearing Down the Walls:
Growth and Inclusion in Guatemala. . . . . . . . . . 217
Daniel Artana, Sebastián Auguste, and Mario Cuevas
Chapter 6.
Growth Diagnostic: Peru. . . . . . . . . . 273
Ricardo Hausmann and Bailey Klinger
Chapter 7.
Nicaragua: Remembrance of Growth Past . . 313
Manuel R. Agosin, Rodrigo Bolaños, and Félix Delgado
Chapter 8
Trinidad and Tobago: Economic Growth in
a Dual Economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Daniel Artana, Sebastián Auguste, Ramiro Moya,
Sandra Sookram, and Patrick Watson
Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
Appendix B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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