The great Latin America debt crisis: a decade of asymmetric adjustment

ABSTRACT Latin America has entered a new phase of abundance of capital inflows, bearing some resemblance to the episode of 70’s. In this paper a review is made of the origins of indebtment in the 70’s, of the emergence of the crisis in the early 80’s, and of the management by creditors and debtors d...

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Main Authors: ROBERT DEVLIN, RICARDO FFRENCH-DAVIS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2023-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31571995000300418&lng=en&tlng=en