Dismantling the populist state : the unfinished revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean /

This paper is the second annual report by the Office of the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Vice President of the World Bank on the state of the region ' s economics. It focuses on the most important challenges the region will have to face in dismantling the old populist state and creating...

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Main Author: Burki, Shahid Javed
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Other Authors: Edwards, Sebastian, 1953- (Editor)
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C., World Bank : 1996
Series:World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Regional developments in 1995-96 -- 3. Troubling signs and systemic shortcomings -- 4. The tasks ahead: consolidating and deepening reform -- 5. Institutions and the search for the "new Latin American state" -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix: Recent economic evolution in selected countries -- Tables -- Notes -- References 
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