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Productive Development Policies and Supporting Institutions in Latin America and The Caribbean

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  • Melo, Alberto
  • Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés

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This paper examines the evolution of productive development policies in Latin America in the last half century, with an emphasis on the post-reform period. The paper begins with a review of the import-substitution era and goes on to describe and make a preliminary assessment of the meaning and implications of productive development policies in the liberalization period.

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  • Melo, Alberto & Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés, 2006. "Productive Development Policies and Supporting Institutions in Latin America and The Caribbean," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 3358, Inter-American Development Bank.
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    2. Panadeiros, Monica & Benfield, Warren, 2010. "Productive Development Policies in Jamaica," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1495, Inter-American Development Bank.
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    5. Moya, Ramiro & Mohammed, Anne-Marie & Sookram, Sandra, 2010. "Productive Development Policies in Trinidad and Tobago: A Critical Review," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1492, Inter-American Development Bank.

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