| The Elusive Quest for Growth in Argentina 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Chudnovsky, D. (Author), López, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403977895 ISBN-13: 9781403977892 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Despite its unusually rich availability of natural resources and ample base of human capital, in the last forty years Argentina suffered a poor growth performance in any cross-country comparison. Chudnovsky and Lo pez's analysis includes two episodes of growth in 1964-74 and in 1991-98 that proved to be finally unsustainable, as well as the 2001 crisis, the most severe in the country's history. Since both growth episodes took place under quite different development paradigms, the Post-War Development Consensus and Washington Consensus, lessons about what went right and wrong in Argentina contributes to the debate about the virtues and failures of those paradigms. Following mainly an institutional and historical approach, but also employing rigorous economic analysis, this book offers a timely contribution to one of the big puzzles in the field of development economics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 338.982 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.86" W x 8.54" (0.84 lbs) 219 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
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| Publisher Description: This book explores a big puzzle in development economics - why Argentina, despite rich natural resources and ample human capital, has endured such poor growth performance. The authors use rigorous economic analysis and an institutional and historical approach to show what went wrong, in a timely contribution to the sustainable development debate. |