Este articulo explora las perspectivas de America Latina en materia de financiamiento y comercio en los anos noventa. La promocion de exportaciones y la busqueda de una mejor forma de insercion en el mercado mundial seran elementos ineludibles de la politica economica. Ademas, se recomienda...

For many decades, trade policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) had involved very high levels of protection and of government intervention. The active pursuit of import substitution policies reduced the openness and efficiency of the regions economies. It also increased their external...

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...