Economia Para Principiantes / Economy For Beginners

Este libro trata dos ideas muy simples pero altamente provocativas. La primera es que el éxito es al azar, mucho más a la suerte de lo que nos gustaría creer. La segunda es que hay una serie de acciones específicas que nosotros, como individuos y organiza

Growth in much of Latin America remains solid, although it slowed during the second half of 2011 as result of the combined effects of policy tightening and global uncertainties. Under our baseline, we expect growth in Latin America and the Caribbean to moderate to about 3¾ percent in 2012, from about 4½ last year. For many countries, high commodity prices and easy external financing conditions will provide tailwinds. For others, weak growth in the United States and other advanced-country partners, or homegrown fiscal problems, will hold back activity. This edition of the Regional Economic...

La economía urbana; La ciencia regional; Movilidad de la mano de obra y desarrollo regional; El sistema urbano; Comercio internacional.

The pace of recovery has disappointed in recent years, and downside risks have increased, including from heightened geopolitical tensions. These increased risks make it a priority to raise actual and potential growth. In a number of economies, an increase in public infrastructure investment can also provide support to demand and help boost potential output. And in advanced economies as well as emerging and developing economies there is a general, urgent need for structural reforms to strengthen growth potential or make growth more sustainable. The four individual chapters examine the overall...