Foreign Investment, Debt and Economic Growth in Latin America

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Introductory Overview....Pages 3-10
Some Comments on International Activities and the Economic Development of Florida....Pages 11-12
Some Comments on Direct Foreign Investment in Latin America....Pages 13-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Foreign Investment Revisited....Pages 17-28
Foreign Investment and Unilateral Transfers....Pages 29-40
Default as a Negotiating Tactic in Debt Rescheduling Strategies of Developing Countries: A Preliminary Note....Pages 41-58
The Instability of Intra-Latin American and Caribbean Exports and Exchange Rates....Pages 59-81
Growth, Investments, and the Specific Role of Fiscal Policies in Very Small Developing Economies....Pages 82-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
The Economic Crisis in Central America....Pages 101-122
Financial and Capital Flows in Central America in the 1980s....Pages 123-139
The Economy of Guatemala: Recent Developments....Pages 140-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Financial Deepening, Domestic Resource Mobilisation and Economic Growth: Jamaica 1955–82....Pages 165-179
Some Warnings Concerning Possible Financial Reform in the Dominican Republic....Pages 180-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
A Venezuelan Paradox: The Prospects for Attracting (or Repatriating) Foreign Investment....Pages 189-194
Comments on the Mexican Economy in 1984....Pages 195-198
Inequality and Growth in Mexico....Pages 199-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Latin America and the World Economy....Pages 205-209
The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Economic Growth: The Brazilian Case....Pages 210-232
Foreign Investment and Development: The Experience of Chile: 1974–84....Pages 233-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-250