This volume discusses progress made to date in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico in putting their finances in order, and points out the challenges ahead.

This work provides a thorough analytical review of the processes that led to the transformation of many Latin American economies during the last decade. The aut

A major, new, and comprehensive look at six decades of macroeconomic policies across the region What went wrong with the economic development of Latin America o

Despite considerable progress made by Latin America’s biggest economies in putting their finances in order, numerous challenges remain. Public spending needs

The IMF played a key role in developing and implementing the debt strategy throughout the 1980s. That strategy not only overcame the crisis but also produced su