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Macroeconomic Policies, Growth, Employment, and Inequality in Latin America

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  • Roberto Frenkel

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This paper examines the macroeconomic policies and outcomes experienced by the Latin American economies during the period 1990-2010. Macroeconomic policies refer to exchange rates, monetary and aggregate fiscal policies, while macroeconomic outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of growth, inflation, employment, investment, balance of payments, and the evolution of external and public debts and international reserves. The analysis includes a discussion of the effects of macroeconomic outcomes on poverty rates.

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  • Mario Damill & Roberto Frenkel, 2012. "Macroeconomic Policies, Growth, Employment, and Inequality in Latin America," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-023, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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