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The roots of poverty in Latin America
Raíces de pobreza. English
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"This book is an in-depth analysis of how cultural, religious and social institutions have shaped the economic destinies of North America and Latin America over the last five hundred years. The fin...
"This book is an in-depth analysis of how cultural, religious and social institutions have shaped the economic destinies of North America and Latin America over the last five hundred years. The final chapters look at recent developments in individual Latin American countries and considers the possibilities for an economic turnaround"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Guillermo M. Yeatts ; foreword by José Ignacio García Hamilton
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- v, 179 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780786422357, 0786422351
- OCLC
- ocm60323473
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index.
- Translated from the Spanish.
- Poverty to the south of the Río Grande -- Spain, Great Britain, and the limits to royal power -- Public conquest, private colonization -- Post-independence institutional continuity in America -- Rebirth and decline of interventionist institutions (1930-1990) -- The rent-seeking of the 1990s -- The counter reforms of 2000: an expected relapse -- Argentina: one-way trip to collapse -- Toward a competitive federalism -- Vested interest blocks institutional change -- A way out for Latin America