Capital Markets, Growth, and Economic Policy in Latin America

ANTONIO JORGE is Professor of Economics at Florida International University and a Senior Research Scholar at the University of Miami. His recent publications include Price Policies and Economic Growth (Praeger, 1997) and The Economics of the Caribbean: Present Problems and Future Trends (1997).JORGE SALAZAR-CARRILLO is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Research at Florida International University and a nonresident staff member of the Brookings Institution. Recent works include Oil in the Economic Development of Venezuela during the Twentieth Century (Praeger, 1994), Price Policies and Economic Growth (Praeger, 1997) and The Economics of the Caribbean: Present Problems and Future Trends (1997).BERNADETTE WEST is a Lecturer of Economics at the University of Miami and Florida International University.

• Introduction and Overview Introduction by Antonio Jorge, Jorge Salazar-Carrillo, and Bernadette West Consequences of the Debt Crisis Consequences of the Debt Crisis in Large Countries: The Case of Argentina by A. Humberto Petrei Economic Growth and Inflation in Colombia by Jose Antonio Ocampo Reflections on the Mexican Crisis by Julio de Quesada The Foreign Debt Crisis and its Consequences on the Venezuelan Economy by Antonio Casas-Gonzalez Growth and Development Perspectives The Mexican Crisis and Caribbean Economic Growth: Impact and Perspectives by Anthony Gonzales A Comparison of East Asian and Latin American Development: Will Latin America Create Its Own Miracle? by F. Gerard Adams The Facts of Economic Development and Virtuous Circles by F. Gerard Adams The Cuban Economy as Seen Through its Foreign Trade by Jorge Salazar-Carrillo Debt and Development in Latin America in the Global Economy by Antonio Jorge and Raul Moncarz Socioeconomic Impact of Tourism in Barbados by Irma T. de Alonso and Jorge Salazar-Carrillo Neoliberalism and Neopopulism: Adjustment and Stability Neoliberalism Versus Neopopulism by John Williamson Some Thoughts on the Achievement of Sustained Growth with Poverty Reduction in Latin America by Gustav Ranis Outline for a Socioeconomic Paradigm for Post-Castro Cuba by Antonio Jorge On the Political Economy of Pensions and Social Security by Peter Diamond Brief Thoughts on the Political Economy of Adjustment: International Markets Versus National Politics by Gerald M. Meier