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...

• 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
• Subjects: CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS; POLITICA ECONOMICA; AMERICA LATINA; CARIBE

Table of Contents:

• 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