Since the mid-1980s a profound change of direction in the structural policies of the region has taken place. The development model based on protecting national markets and state intervention was replaced by a set of policies aimed primarily at seeking to improve efficiency, facilitate the...

During the past decade, structural polices in the region have been aimed increasingly at improving economic efficiency and reducing government interference in economic decisions. The effects of this shift have not yet been accurately evaluated due to the lack of systematic measurements of the...

This paper presents an evaluation of the impact of structural reforms using data collected for 17 Latin American countries for the period 1970-1996. In line with the literature, the results show that growth was responsive to investment in physical as well as in human capital. Results also...

Este ensayo presenta una evaluacion econometrica del efecto en la tasa del crecimiento economico de la liberacion de la cuenta comercial y la cuenta de capital, la reforma fiscal y financiera y la privatizacion, partiendo de un modelo estadistico estimado con datos de 17 paises latinoamericanos...