TY - BOOK AU - Kohli,Harinder S. AU - Loser,Claudio M. AU - Sood,Anil TI - Latin America 2040: breaking away from complacency : an agenda for resurgence SN - 9788132106647 AV - HC125 .L3442 2010eb U1 - 330.98 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - SAGE KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Economics KW - Comparative KW - bisacsh KW - Economic Conditions KW - Economic History KW - Commerce KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Economic policy KW - Social conditions KW - Social policy KW - Latin America KW - Economic conditions KW - 21st century KW - Amérique latine KW - Conditions économiques KW - 21e siècle KW - Politique économique KW - Conditions sociales KW - Politique sociale KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Breaking away from mediocrity to a prosperous future / Claudio M. Loser and Anil Sood -- Latin America : is average good enough? / Homi Kharas -- Successful macroeconomic performance : launching long-term reforms / Claudio M. Loser -- Is Latin America becoming less unequal? / Nora Lustig -- How can education help Latin America develop? / Jeffrey M. Puryear and Tamara Ortega Goodspeed -- Innovation and technology development for economic restructuring / Vinod K. Goel -- Infrastructure needs for a resurgent Latin America / Harpaul Alberto Kohli and Phil Basil -- Greater openness : regional cooperation and trade / Harinder S. Kohli and Claudio M. Loser -- Democratic governance and political sustainability : towards a prosperous Latin America / Michael Shifter N2 - Latin America 2040 presents a longer term vision of Latin American society and economies, within which current policy debates and actions must be anchored. It presents a set of multigenerational issues that must be tackled urgently in order for countries in the region to sharply reduce inequities as well as raise their economic growth rates. While most Latin Americans have weathered the latest economic turmoil reasonably well, the fact is that the region has been underperforming Asia for the past thirty years. Much of Latin America is mired in the "middle income trap". This book argues that th UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=354912 ER -