Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century. This item is unavailable.Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century

This economic history examines the political, institutional and economic forces that shaped Latin America's complex and often paradoxical development process over the 20th century. Quantitative data is examined alongside the region's political economies to provide a context for the successes and failures of the Latin American countries. A Statistical Appendix provides regionwide and country-by-country data in such areas as GDP, manufacturing, sector productivity, prices, trade, income distribution and living standards. Moving chronologically through the century, the book focuses on two dramatic waves of expansion that shaped regional growth: first, an export boom as the century began, and second, import-substitution industrialization corresponding to renewed expansion of the international economy following the depression and the two World Wars.

"This valuable and densely packed book is the core outcome of a commission from the Inter-American Development Bank. May all their investments prove equally fruitful!" -- Charles Jones, Business History

"[This book] offers a wide-ranging overview of Latin American economic history that is non-ideological, and it succinctly abstracts the major trends through the region. By distilling common themes and identifying interesting variations, Thorp outlines the contours of Latin American economic experience in the twentieth century." -- Gail D. Triner, Latin American Research Review

"Rosemary Thorp has produced an accessible text that will be applauded by the specialist and welcomed by the informed reader, whether interested in Latin America or comparative development." -- Colin M. Lewis, Journal of Development Studies