Tiene Futuro America Latina? (Villegas Ensayo Economico series / Villegas Economic Essays Series) - Tapa blanda

Latin America is a living contradiction. Due to its natural resource wealth, it is the one place in the world where all efforts have been concentrated on encouraging development. However, it is also the place that has shown the most difficulties and the least results. This essay offers a balance on the results frustrating of such efforts critically drawing attention to the stimulation strategies proposed by the Washington Consensus, and rejecting them, arguing that such a generic collection of measures can not be equally applied to all countries due to political, social, economic, and cultural differences. América Latina es una contradicción viviente. Si bien debido a sus abundantes recursos se trata del lugar del mundo sobre el que se ha dedicado una mayor cantidad de esfuerzos en aras de estimular su crecimiento, es también el que, preocupantemente, ha presentado más problemas y menos resultados. Este ensayo presenta un balance frustrante sobre los resultados producto de dichos esfuerzos. De manera muy crítica, el autor llama la atención sobre las estrategias de estímulo, propuestas desde el Consenso de Washington, y las rechaza, arguyendo que un "recetario" tan genérico de medidas es imposible aplicarlo de la misma forma para todos los países debido a las diferencias políticas, sociales, económicas e incluso culturales.

Alfredo Toro Hardy is the Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and a former ambassador to the United States, Brazil, and Chile. He was also Venezuelan Representative to the Latin American Economic Council (CEPAL). Among his many academic distinctions, he has been a Senior Fulbright Scholar, visiting professor at Princeton University, honorary professor at the University of Brasilia, and associate professor at the Simon Bolívar University. He is the author of 10 books on foreign policy, international relations, and the international economy.