Venezuela: A Nation In Need of Reform

Louise Allsopp ()
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Louise Allsopp: School of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia

No 2003-05, Centre for International Economic Studies Working Papers from University of Adelaide, Centre for International Economic Studies

Abstract: The Venezuelan economy is currently undergoing tremendous economic and political upheaval. However, of the Latin American countries, it was one of the least damaged by the events in 2001 and also made a steady recovery from the Asian crisis of 1997. Using a combination of economic indicators, it is shown that VenezuelaÂ’s difficulties occurred not through contagion from other countriesÂ’ problems but through (a) its reliance on the oil sector and (b) poorly constructed and ill-sequenced policy. Given this, the paper then explores the countryÂ’s policy options and asks what can be done to make it an emerging market success.

Keywords: Currency Crises; Emerging Market Economies; Natural Resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2003-03
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