Latin American Development Priorities
Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region still faces many seemingly intractable problems. The conventional wisdom in development agencies - that prioritization is impossible and that everything must be done - is simply not effective. Latin American Development Priorities shows how limited resources could be used for the greatest benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean region. A panel of economists met over three days in San José to review proposals to tackle the ten most important challenges, which emerged from a survey by the Inter-American Development Bank. The expert panel was asked a question which appears simple but is actually very difficult to answer: What should Latin American governments do with an additional nominal $10 billion? Hard choices are needed if Latin America's problems are to be tackled effectively. This book provides the means to make those choices as objectively as possible.
- First comprehensive economic review of the region's development needs
- Provides a rational framework for evaluation and debate of alternative solutions to the region's problems
- Review of the prioritization process gives readers the tools to carry out their own evaluations
Product details
March 2010Hardback
9780521766906
724 pages
235 × 158 × 35 mm
1.25kg
Available
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword Luis Alberto Moreno
- Introduction Bjørn Lomborg
- 1. Democracy Mark P. Jones
- 2. Education Amy Damon and Paul Glewwe
- 2.1. Education - an alternative view Miguel Urquiola
- 3. Employment and social security Alejandro Cox Edwards
- 3.1. Employment and social security - an alternative view Adriana Kugler
- 4. Environment Roger Sedjo
- 4.1.Environment - an alternative view Randall A. Kramer
- 5. Fiscal problems Miguel Braun
- 5.1. Fiscal problems - an alternative view Max A. Alier and Benedict Clements
- 6. Health Philip Musgrove
- 6.1. Health - an alternative view William Savedoff
- 7. Infrastructure Julio A. Gonzalez, Jose Luis Guasch and Tomas Serebrisky
- 7.1. Infrastructure - an alternative view Ronald Fischer
- 8. Poverty Sebastian Galiani
- 8.1. Poverty - an alternative view Stephen Younger
- 9. Public administration Susan Rose Ackerman
- 9.1. Public administration - an alternative view Ugo Panizza
- 10. Violence and crime Mark A. Cohen and Mauricio Rubio
- 10.1. Violence and crime - an alternative view Andrew Morrison
- Outcome
- Conclusion.