eBooks
The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development.Publication Date: 2019Discusses problems facing the countries of Latin America.
The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development.Publication Date: 2018Covers many key themes including development policy and practice, neo-liberalism and its aftermath, the role played by social movements in cities and rural areas, the politics of water, oil, and other environmental resources, indigenous and Afro-descendant rights, and the struggles for gender equality.
- Cambridge Economic History of Latin America.v. 1. The Colonial Era and the short nineteenth century.
- Cambridge Economic History of Latin America.v. 2. The long twentieth century.
- Economic Development of Latin America Since Independence (Oxford).Publication Date: 2012
"...This book gives a unique, comprehensive, and up to date view of Latin America economic development over the two centuries since Independence. It considers Latin American economies within the wider context of the international economy, and covers economic growth, international trade, capital flows, and trends ininequality and human development...." - Inequality in Latin America: Breaking with History? | World Bank."...explores why the region suffers from such persistent inequality, identifies how it hampers development, and suggests ways to achieve greater equity in the distribution of wealth, incomes and opportunities....."
- Latin American Economic Outlook | OECD Development Centre (2008- current).This publication by the OECD provides an annual analysis of economic developments in Latin America. The OECD iLibrary also contains books, periodicals, and working papers on Latin American countries by the OECD.
- The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics.Discusses development paradigms and long-term growth performance, macroeconomics and finance, integration into the world economy, productive sector development, and social development.
- The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Political Economy.The politics of economics (historical, geographical, institutional approaches), the politics of economics and the economics of politics, and political economy of fiscal and social policies.
- The Routledge Handbook to the Political Economy and Governance of the Americas.Examines the political economy (development, gender and work, privatization, remittances, social inequality, and more), and geopolitics and governance (civil society, climate change, interventionism, military, and more).
Books in the Library
- Latin American Economic Development.Call Number: Central Stacks HC125 .R4834 2011Covers Latin America and the world economy, Latin America and economic growth, growth and the environment, economic history, primary commodities, import substitution, trade policy, exchange rate policy, financing current account deficits, macroeconomic policy, macroeconomic stability, and poverty & inequality.
- Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals: a Critical Look Forward.Call Number: Central Stacks HD75.9 .P68 2016Part I. The global poverty challenge - Part II. Devising and Refining Development Goals - Part III. Policy and Societal Alternatives.
Dictionary
- New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online This link opens in a new windowThe primary reference work for economists. This online edition of the Palgrave dictionary is updated on a regular basis with new and revised articles.
International Economics Organizations
- World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new windowContains World Bank publications (books, reports, and other documents) in full text, as well as Policy Research Working Papers. *Selected titles from the 1980’s and 1990’s, and all publications since 2000.*
- IMF eLibrary This link opens in a new windowContains country profiles, books, working papers, annual reports, world economic and financial surveys and other publications on countries and regions by the International Monetary Fund (e.g., poverty reduction reports).
