Nature, Development, and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources

Michael Gavin and Ricardo Hausmann

No 6096, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: Latin America's enormous endowment of natural resources impacts many countries of the region. Economic liberalization in several countries was followed by rapid growth of foreign investment and exports of natural resource-intensive products. Growth of labor-intensive manufacturing industries was much more modest. What does increased reliance upon natural resource-based industries mean for development prospects, and for the distribution of income.

Keywords: WP-378 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-08
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