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082	0		_a338.972
100	1		_aMaddison, Angus, _91692 _d1926-2010
245	1	0	_aBrazil and Mexico : _bthe political economy of poverty, equity, and growth / _cAngus Maddison.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bOxford University Press, _c1992
300			_axiv, 248 p. : _bil.
490	0		_aA World Bank comparative study
504			_aIncluye bibliografía.
505	0		_aForeword -- Authorship note -- Pt. 1. Comparative analysis -- 1. Introduction -- Pt. 2. Brazil -- 2. Interests, ideology, and the exercise of power -- 3. Brazilian growth performance since 1950 -- 4. Brazilian outcomes in terms of equity and alleviation of poverty -- Pt. 3. Mexico -- 5. The mexican polity, institutions, and policy -- 6.Mexican growth performance since 1950 -- 7. Mexican outcomes in terms of equity and alleviation of poverty -- Statistical appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Tables.
520			_aBrazil and Mexico are two of the largest middle-income developing countries and they have long histories as independent nations. Both are rich in natural and human resources. From 1929 to the early 1980s they were among the world ' s fastest-growing economies. But both countries inherited patterns of extreme inequality in social relations, income, and education, and these problems were not substantially modified either by government policies or by the spontaneous processes unleased by economic growth. In the 1980s both economies faltered lamentably, in large part because of earlier recklessness in the pursuit of economic growth and because of neglect of social and political problems and goals. The author uses a common framework of analysis and statistics to explain the sources of growth in Brazil and Mexico. Drawing on a wide variety of data sources, he assesses the role of institutions, ideology, power elites, and interest groups in determining the patterns of growth. The author concludes that, although errors in policy did more to harm economic growth than did conflicts between interest groups, the initial distributions of power and political influence were the main forces that caused - and preserved - inequality. Capital accumulation and a rapidly growing labor supply were major sources of growth, and measures of efficiency of resource allocation were quite respectable by international standards from 1950 to 1980.
650		4	_aPOLITICA ECONOMICA _y1929-1987 _9111
650		4	_aALIVIO DE LA POBREZA _9386
650		4	_aCRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO _9385
650		4	_aANALISIS COMPARATIVO _9624
651		4	_aMEXICO _9822
651		4	_aBRASIL _9114
653		4	_aPOLITICA DE ESTABILIZACION
653		4	_aPROGRESO ECONOMICO
653		4	_aALIVIO DE LA POBREZA
653		4	_aESTUDIO COMPARATIVO
653		4	_aREDUCCION DE LA POBREZA
710			_aBanco Mundial
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