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Latin America's Economic Challenges: Lessons for Emerging Economies

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  • Nora Lustig

    (Department of Economics, Tulane University)

  • Jaime Ros

    (Graduate School of Economics, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM))

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  • Nora Lustig & Jaime Ros, 2011. "Latin America's Economic Challenges: Lessons for Emerging Economies," Working Papers 1112, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
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