 The myth of the 'Latin American decade'Jose Antonio Ocampo, Eduardo F. Bastian () and Marcos Reis () PSL Quarterly Review, 2018, vol. 71, issue 285, 231-251 Abstract: This paper analyzes Latin American performance over the period 2003-2014 with the purpose of evaluating two ideas: whether this period constituted so-called ‘golden years’ and whether the 2010s were likely to be a ‘Latin American decade’ This term was used several times by scholars, international organizations, and market experts, claiming that the region was finally on the right track after two decades of disappointing economic performance. However, the data shows that the claims were overoptimistic. We compare the region’s 2003-2014 performance with that in the 1980s and 1990s, evaluate how the region performed in the sub-periods 2003-2007 and 2008-2014, and compare the region’s 2003-2014 indicators with those of other selected developing regions during the same period. We show that the period in question was a ‘golden decade’ only when compared with the region’s own performance during the previous two decades, but not when compared with other developing regions. Moreover, we notice that the lack of structural change during this decade implies weak development performance for the region in the near future. Keywords: Latin America; economic performance; developing regions (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:psl:pslqrr:2018:26 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article PSL Quarterly Review is currently edited by Alessandro Roncaglia and Carlo D'Ippoliti More articles in PSL Quarterly Review from Economia civile |
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