Post-World War II economic policy in the Caribbean
Author : Ajamu Nyomba
Publisher :
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN :
Author : Ajamu Nyomba
Publisher :
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN :
Author : Clive Y. Thomas
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 17,43 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0853457441
Argues that another form of development — by the poor and for the poor — is not only possible but necessary.
Author : Barbara Stallings
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815798296
A Brookings Institution Press and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) publication In the last ten to fifteen years, the Latin American and Caribbean region has undergone the most significant transformation of economic policy since World War II. Through a series of structural reforms, an increasing number of countries have moved from closed, state-dominated economies to ones that are more market oriented and open to the rest of the world. Policymakers expected that these changes, in conjunction with lower rates of inflation and increased spending in the social area, would speed up economic growth, increase productivity, and lead to the creation of more jobs and greater equality. Have those expectations been fulfilled? Analyzing the impact of the reforms in nine countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru), this study provides a detailed picture of progress to date. At the overall regional level, the book suggests, the reforms have had a surprisingly small impact: a small positive impact on investment and growth, and a small negative impact on employment and income distribution. But at the country, sectoral, and microeconomic levels, it finds evidence of strong effects, with some units doing very well and others falling behind.
Author : Jay Mandle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 2010-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136877525
First published in 1996, this insightful and informative text examines the post-emancipation and recent economic history of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Jay R. Mandle offers an explanation of the region’s continuing underdevelopment. Through the use of an analytical framework derived from the works of Marx and Kuznets, the book focuses attention on technological change as the driving force behind economic modernization. Persistent Underdevelopment begins by exploring how plantation agriculture had a limiting effect on industrial growth. Ultimately, plantation dominance receded; technological stagnation continued, however, and, under British colonial policy the Caribbean failed to modernise. The post-World War II era brought new efforts at modernisation through the economic policies of the left regimes of Manley, Burnham and Bishop. The concluding chapters point the way to policies that would enable the Caribbean to escape its current poverty and become an effective participant in world markets, finally achieving the goal of modern economic development.
Author : Clive Yolande Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 9781909013469
Author : Hilbourne A. Watson
Publisher :
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Guyana
ISBN :
Author : Hilbourne Alban Watson
Publisher :
Page : 1314 pages
File Size : 23,54 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN :
Author : Ramesh Ramsaran
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
The Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick was founded in 1984 in order to stimulate interest and research in a region which is only now beginning to receive academic recognition in its own right. In addition to the publication of the papers from annual symposia which reflect the Centre's comparative and interdisciplinary approach, other volumes in the series are published in disciplines within the arts and social sciences.
Author : Hilbourne Alban Watson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,80 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN :
Author : José Antonio Ocampo
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804749565
Globalization and Development draws upon the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region to provide a multidimensional assessment of the globalization process from the perspective of developing countries. Based on a study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this book gives a historical overview of economic development in the region and presents both an economic and noneconomic agenda that addresses disparity, respects diversity, and fosters complementarity among regional, national, and international institutions. For orders originating outside of North America, please visit the World Bank website for a list of distributors and geographic discounts at http://publications.worldbank.org/howtoorder or e-mail [email protected].