Development and growth in the Mexican economy a historical perspective

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Main Authors: Moreno-Brid, Juan Carlos (Author), Ros, Jaime (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2009
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The "origins of backwardness": obstacles to economic development in the 19th century
  • The Porfiriato and beginnings of modern economic growth
  • Revolution, the 1930s, and the consolidation of a developmental state
  • The golden age of industrialization
  • The loss of macroeconomic stability, the oil boom, and the debt crisis
  • The years of adjustment, the lost decade, and the reform process
  • The shift in the market-state balance and the quest of export-led growth
  • Social policy, poverty, and inequality
  • Why has post-reform growth been disappointing?
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: historical series of economic and social indicators