Margheritis, Ana

Latin American democracies in the new global economy.

Coral Gables

2003

1574541242

9781574541243

Acknowledgments

Foreword
William C. Smith

Introduction
Foreign Policy and Domestic Restructuring in Latin America: Recent Achievements and Future Challenges
Ana Margheritis

PART I - BETTING ON ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

Chapter One
Economic Integration and Trade Negotiations in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Turn of the Century
Jose Salazar-Xirinachs

Chapter Two
Economic Integration in the Southern Cone: Can MERCOSUR Survive?
Roberto Bouzas

Chapter Three
Mexico: Export Promotion, North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Future of North American Economic Integration
Gustavo Vega Cánovas

PART II - COPING WITH FINANCIAL INSTABILITY

Chapter Four
Mexican and Other Recent Latin American Financial Crises: How Much Systemic, How Much Policy?
Sidney Weintraub

Chapter Five
Alternatives to Cope with Financial Instability in Latin America
Sylvia Maxfield

PART III- ACCUMULATING HUMAN CAPITAL

Chapter Six
What Human Capital Policies Can and Cannot Do for Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Latin America
Suzanne Duryea and Carmen Pages

Chapter Seven
Education Policy Reform in Latin America: New Opportunities, Old Constraints
Wendy Hunter

PART IV - IMPROVING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

Chapter Eight
The Dilemma of Decentralization in Latin America: Risks and Opportunities
Kent Eaton

Chapter Nine
Democratic Governance and the Dilemma of Social Security Reform in Brazil
Peter Kingstone

Chapter Ten
Foreign Investment and Democratic Governance in Latin America
Richard Youngs

Conclusion
The Death of the Universal Development Model: Sustaining Growth through Differentiating Domestic Norms
Brian Potter

Contributors

Index