Development and growth in the Mexican economy : a historical perspective / Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Jaime Ros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moreno-Brid, Juan Carlos.

Contributor:

Ros, Jaime.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico--Economic conditions--19th century.

Mexico.

Mexico--Economic conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work provides an overview of Mexico's economic development since independence identifying its binding constraints in different periods and the ways in which economic policies have tried to remove them.

Contents:

Introduction

The "origins of backwardness": obstacles to economic development in the 19th century

The Porfiriato and beginnings of modern economic growth

Revolution, the 1930s, and the consolidation of a developmental state

The golden age of industrialization

The loss of macroeconomic stability, the oil boom, and the debt crisis

The years of adjustment, the lost decade, and the reform process

The shift in the market-state balance and the quest of export-led growth

Social policy, poverty, and inequality

Why has post-reform growth been disappointing?

Conclusions

Appendix: historical series of economic and social indicators.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-304) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-974571-4

1-282-33647-9

9786612336478

0-19-970785-5

OCLC:

399755301