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Innovation and Inclusion in Latin America
. Ed(S): Foxley, Alejandro; Stallings, Barbara
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Description for Innovation and Inclusion in Latin America
Hardback. Arguing that Latin America must face the challenges of innovation for productivity, and inclusion of the population into economic growth, this book identifies lessons from experiences in the region and in East Asia, where the 'middle income trap' has largely been avoided. It is a collaboration by American University s CLALS, and CIEPLAN in Chile. Editor(s): Foxley, Alejandro; Stallings, Barbara. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 246 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; KCF; KCM; KCP; KJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
This book argues that Latin America must confront two main challenges: greater innovation to increase productivity, and greater inclusion to incorporate more of the population into the benefits of economic growth. These two tasks are interrelated, and both require greater institutional capacity to facilitate both innovation and inclusion. Most countries in Latin America are struggling to escape what economists label “the middle income trap.” While much if not all of the region has emerged from low income status, neither growth nor productivity has increased sufficiently to enable Latin America to narrow the gap separating it from the world’s most developed ... Read more
This book argues that Latin America must confront two main challenges: greater innovation to increase productivity, and greater inclusion to incorporate more of the population into the benefits of economic growth. These two tasks are interrelated, and both require greater institutional capacity to facilitate both innovation and inclusion. Most countries in Latin America are struggling to escape what economists label “the middle income trap.” While much if not all of the region has emerged from low income status, neither growth nor productivity has increased sufficiently to enable Latin America to narrow the gap separating it from the world’s most developed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Americas
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137596819
SKU
V9781137596819
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Foxley, Alejandro; Stallings, Barbara
Alejandro Foxley is the president and co-founder of CIEPLAN, a think tank based in Santiago, Chile, and the author or editor of over 15 books on economics, economic development, and democracy. Foxley previously served in the Republic of Chile as Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2009), Senator (1998-2006), and Minister of Finance (1990-1994), during which time he concurrently served as a ... Read more
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