Brazil and Mexico : the political economy of poverty, equity, and growth /

Brazil and Mexico are two of the largest middle-income developing countries and they have long histories as independent nations. Both are rich in natural and human resources. From 1929 to the early 1980s they were among the world ' s fastest-growing economies. But both countries inherited patte...

• Main Author: Maddison, Angus, 1926-2010
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1992
• Series: A World Bank comparative study
• Subjects: POLITICA ECONOMICA > 1929-1987; ALIVIO DE LA POBREZA; CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO; ANALISIS COMPARATIVO; MEXICO; BRASIL; POLITICA DE ESTABILIZACION; PROGRESO ECONOMICO; ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO; REDUCCION DE LA POBREZA

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Authorship note
• Pt. 1. Comparative analysis
• 1. Introduction
• Pt. 2. Brazil
• 2. Interests, ideology, and the exercise of power
• 3. Brazilian growth performance since 1950
• 4. Brazilian outcomes in terms of equity and alleviation of poverty
• Pt. 3. Mexico
• 5. The mexican polity, institutions, and policy
• 6.Mexican growth performance since 1950
• 7. Mexican outcomes in terms of equity and alleviation of poverty
• Statistical appendix
• Bibliography
• Index
• Tables.