Innovation, competitiveness, and development in Latin America : lessons from the past and perspectives for the future / edited by Edmund Amann and Paulo N. Figueiredo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amann, Edmund, editor.

Figueiredo, Paulo N., 1963- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Latin America.

Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Post-war Latin American economies have failed to close the development gap with advanced industrial countries despite more than six decades of attempted reform and undoubted economic and social progress. Two decades into the 21st century, there is little sign of this situation changing for the better. Compared with other emerging regions, notably East Asia, Latin America has underperformed in income, productivity, and innovation terms. All of this suggests that the time is right for a thorough assessment of why Latin America's recent pursuit of economic development has proven so elusive. 'Innovation, Competitiveness, and Development in Latin America' provides a balanced and topical analysis of the successes and failures of development policy in post-war Latin America. Across 19 chapters, experts in the economics and policy of Latin American development and policy identify the challenges at hand.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Contributors

Section I: Introduction and Context

1. Introduction

Section II: Thematic Issues

2. Institutional Challenges, the Middle-Income Trap, and the Pursuit of Global Economic Integration in Latin America

3. China and the Middle-Income Trap in Latin America: Constraints and Opportunities

4. Development, Trajectories, and Catch-Up: Lessons from the Latin American and Scandinavian Experiences

5. The Co-Evolution of FDI and the Output and Export Structures of Brazil and Mexico, 2000-2015

6. Global Value Chain-Oriented Policies in Latin America

7. Innovation and Competitiveness: The Regional Dimension

8. The Extractive Sector and Development in Latin America: The Rising Role of Transparency in Natural Resource Governance

9. Environmental, Energy, and Sustainability Issues

10. Energy Transition in Brazil: Contributions from Technological Leapfrogging in the Sugarcane Bioethanol Sector

11. Digitalization in Latin America: A Divide in the Making?

Section III: Country Experiences

12. Argentina: Building New Capabilities and Competitive Advantages in a Challenging Macroeconomic Landscape

13. Brazil: Economic Crisis, Structural Change, and Breaking Out of the Middle-Income Trap

14. Colombia's Growth since the 1990s: From Reform to the Risk of the Middle-Income Trap

15. Moving up the Value Chain in Mexico: FDI, Learning, Clusters, and the Creation of New Capabilities

16. Peru and the Search for a Development Model That Works

17. Uruguay: Public Policies in a Period of Inclusive Growth without Structural Change

18. Costa Rica: The Challenge of Diversification in a Small-Country Context

Section IV: Final Remarks

19. Conclusions

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 15, 2023).

ISBN:

9780197648049

0197648045

9780197648063

0197648061

9780197648056

0197648053

OCLC:

1410463336