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The economic history of Latin America
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- The history of finance and debt in Latin America
- The history of trade in Latin America and Mercosur
- The environmental history of Latin America
- Latin America in the Global Economy: Running Faster to Stay in Place
- By Gary Gereffi and Lynn Hempel, in NACLA's Report on the Americas, 2 April 1996. Globalization has brought industrialization to Latin America, but industrialization itself may be no longer be a definitive hallmark of national development. Industrialization no longer a sufficient condition for core status in the world system (44 Kb).
- Rhetoric and Reality: The World Bank's New Concern for the Poor
- NACLA Report on the Americas, May/June 1996. After years of spreading the gospel that the revival of economic growth would be a cure-all for the region's ills, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have begun to change their tune. These multilateral development banks nowadays espouse the need to improve the welfare of ordinary citizens.
- Development Dream May be Over in Latin America
- By Mario Osava, IPS, 2 December 1997. With the informal sector increasingly providing the only jobs available in Latin America, the dream may be ended for countries in the region wanting to develop societies like those of industrialized countries. Difficulty organizing society and having it follow the known development models of the rich countries.
- Credit Unions Resist Globalisation with Mergers
- By Alejandro Campos, IPS, 1 March 1999. Suffocated by emerging competition from the private banks due to globalization and the megaprocesses of bank fusion, Latin America's credit unions are making mergers as the only way to survive in competitive conditions. The credit union is the system by far best suited to the small economic players overlooked by globalisation.
- Latin American Economies Hammered in 1998
- By Thalif Deen, IPS, 11 June 1999. Latin America and the Caribbean fared the worst of any region in the world last year after being hit by the global economic crisis and by adverse weather conditions. The financial crisis that broke out in Asia in mid-1997 restricted Latin America&@39;s access to external financing. Economic authorities sought to build confidence by applying no-nonsense monetary, fiscal and exchange-rate policies.