Gradual Economic Reform in Latin America
Subtitle: The Costa Rican Experience
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780791450314
Subjects: American history; Central government policies; Economic systems; Political economy; Structural adjustment (Economi; Latin America - General; Economic Planning; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Politics/International Relations; Latin America; Development - Economic Development; Government - Comparative; Economic Conditions; Structural adjustment (Economic policy); Costa Rica; Economic policy
Description: "Gradual Economic Reform in Latin America questions why most Latin American countries have not nearly complete neoliberal economic reforms. Examining Costa Rica as an important example of the gradual, as opposed to radical, approach, Mary A. Clark utilizes over one hundred fifty interviews as well as secondary data to present ten mini-case studies of structural adjustment in the 1980s and 1990s.

In analyzing the economic, social, and political outcomes of Costa Rica's experience, Clark concludes the gradual approach has yielded positive results, and compares this country's experiences with that of other Latin American welfare states."--BOOK JACKET.