Miguel S. Wionczek, ed., Politics and Economics of External Debt Crisis - The Latin American Experience. 
            Boulder and London, Westview Press, 1985. pp. xiii + 482. $37.50

The debt crisis has raised serious concerns about the future of democratic governance in Latin America. The prevailing assumption is not merely that economic decline undercuts prospects for democratic consolidation; because of their vulnerability to popular political pressures, democracies—particularly new democracies—have been seen as incapable of mounting effective policy responses to critical economic challenges. A comparative study of policy outcomes in Latin America since the outbreak of the debt crisis challenges this assumption. If we control for the magnitude of the debt burden at the outbreak of the crisis, no statistically significant differences emerge between democratic and authoritarian regimes, or between new democracies and more established regimes. The findings suggest that the conventional wisdom about democracy and economic crisis exaggerates the relationship between political regime characteristics and policy choice, and fundamentally misconstrues the strengths and weaknesses of liberal democratic forms of governance.

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Fiscal Policy, the Current Account and the External Debt Problem in the Dominican Republic

Journal of Latin American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022216x00015480 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 22 (1-2) ◽

pp. 331-352 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John T. Cuddington ◽

Carlos Asilis

Keyword(s):

Dominican Republic ◽

Latin American ◽

Debt Crisis ◽

External Debt ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Policy Choices ◽

External Position ◽

External Conditions ◽

Economic Growth Rates

Although the Dominican Republic had one of the highest economic growth rates in the world between 1969 and 1973, its growth performance and external position deteriorated sharply in the 1970s. By 1985 it had an external debt/GDP ratio of 76.6%, well above the average of 62.3% for the Latin American and Caribbean region as a whole.1 The Dominican debt crisis that emerged in the 1980s, like the crisis in many other debtridden Less Developed Countries (LDCs), was in part caused by adverse external conditions; in part, however, it was the result of domestic policy choices. Among the latter, large fiscal imbalances are arguably the most important.2

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The Latin American experience with a next generation sequencing genetic panel for recessive limb-girdle muscular weakness and Pompe disease

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases ◽

10.1186/s13023-019-1291-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jorge A. Bevilacqua ◽

Maria del Rosario Guecaimburu Ehuletche ◽

Abayuba Perna ◽

Alberto Dubrovsky ◽

Marcondes C. Franca ◽

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Keyword(s):

Next Generation Sequencing ◽

Latin American ◽

Pompe Disease ◽

Muscular Weakness ◽

Next Generation ◽

American Experience ◽

Generation Sequencing

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Inflation: The Latin American Experience

Bulletin of Latin American Research ◽

10.2307/3338541 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 79

Author(s):

Dudley Seers

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

American Experience

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Direct Foreign Investment and Economic Development in Latin America: Perspectives for the Future

Journal of Latin American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022216x00014772 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 21 (1-2) ◽

pp. 221-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eva Paus

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Latin American ◽

Foreign Investment ◽

Debt Crisis ◽

Direct Foreign Investment ◽

Bank Lending ◽

Economic Growth And Development ◽

International Bank ◽

The Future ◽

Latin American Countries

Since 1982, most Latin American countries have witnessed slow economic growth and a persistent net transfer of funds to the rest of the world as a result of sharply reduced inflows of private international bank lending and large debt payment obligations. Against this background direct foreign investment (DFI) has received increasing attention as one important element in overcoming the present stagnation-cum-debt crisis as well as in contributing to renewed economic growth. This article explores the possible contributions of DFI to the future economic growth and development of the region.1

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