Latin American Studies Series

Weeks, John

As a result of the regional debt crisis, most governments of Latin America in the 1980s entered into a process of profound policy change, from an import substitution oriented strategy to a focus upon export-promotion, with an emphasis upon market liberalisation. According to mainstream economic theory, the effect of this shift would be to favour agriculture. This book, with contributors from Latin America and Europe, surveys the results on agriculture of a decade of policy change, and to produce new and unexpected insights.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1995-06-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333637852

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-24025-8

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 297