Publication

Nov 2014

This paper analyzes Latin America's economic performance from 2002 to 2012. The authors observe that Latin America experienced a golden decade thanks to continuously rising commodity exports prices, abundant capital inflows and low international interest rates. The authors also explore whether Latin America took advantage of the boom to strengthen most of the key long-term growth fundamentals.

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Author Guillermo Perry, Alejandro Forero Rojas
Series CGD Essays
Publisher Center for Global Development (CGD)
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