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Economic Growth in Latin America

POVERTY, INEQUALITY, AND GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA: Searching for the High Road to Globalization [*]. Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz, William C. Smith.
Latin American Research Review Summer 2000 v35 i3 p7

1. What do the authors see as the primary problems facing Latin America? What is the "empty-box syndrome"? What is the "Washington Consensus"?




2. What is the general consensus regarding explanations of Latin American economic growth, poverty, and inequality in recent years?




3. According to the authors, what path should be followed by Latin America? What groups—national and international—need to be involved, and what should they do?