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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
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Financial crises -- Latin America
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Financial crises
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Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Latin America -- Economic policy -- 21st century
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cohen, Michael.
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| ISBN |
1280873477 |
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9781280873478 |
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9781136290152 |
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113629015X |
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