The global economic crisis in Latin America : impacts and responses / / edited by Michael Cohen

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9800411; 337.8
• Soggetto topico: Financial crises - Latin America; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Economic conditions 21st century; Latin America Economic policy 21st century
• Altri autori: CohenMichael A. <1944->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America: Impacts and responses; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; PART I: Setting the global context; 2 How well has Latin America fared during the global financial crisis?; 3 The global economic crisis: what does it mean for the developing world?; PART II: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico; 4 Argentina and the 2008-2009 international economic crisis: unconventional resilience; 5 Brazilian economic policy and the 2008-2009 crisis ; 6 The Mexican economy and the international financial crisisPART III: Cross-cutting issues; 7 Global recession and the informal economy: evidence from Latin America and beyond; 8 The city in the global crisis: understanding impacts and strengthening the performance of stimulus packages; 9 Municipal finance and local state performance in the crisis: the experience of Brazil and Mexico; 10 A critical juncture: experimentation and recovery; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When the 2008 housing market bubble burst in the United States, a financial crisis rippled from the epi-center in the United States across borders into economies both near and far, causing persistent social and economic detriment in many countries. The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America: Impacts and Responses is an examination of the impacts and responses in the diverse Latin American region through the lens of three countries: Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.
• Titolo autorizzato: The global economic crisis in Latin America
• ISBN: 1-280-87347-7; 9786613714787; 1-136-29015-X; 1-136-29014-1; 0-203-11421-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779248503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 107.