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Reformas para América Latina después del fundamentalismo neoliberal

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En el transcurso de la última década y media, América Latina ha llevado adelante profundas reformas económicas. En general, ellas han sido moldeadas por una modalidad específica y excluyente de capitalismo. Muy enmarcadas en el planteamiento de que existe sólo una forma eficaz de avanzar hacia una economía de mercado; una fórmula única, supuestamente adecuada para las más diversas realidades. Es lo que se ha denominado Consenso de Washington. Este libro aborda tres temas principales que están en la médula del enfoque, predominantemente neoliberal, que se ha estado aplicando por muchos de los reformadores de estos quince años. Nos abocamos a las políticas y reformas macroeconómicas, comerciales y financieras. Como queda de manifiesto a lo largo de ocho capítulos, el enfoque predominante en estas tres áreas explica en medida considerable los desilusionantes resultados alcanzados en lo concerniente al crecimiento y la equidad. A través de todo el texto, hemos adoptado un enfoque orientado al diseño de políticas, ofreciendo alternativas para abordar los desafíos macroeconómicos, comerciales y financieros que enfrenta la región. El bajo crecimiento del PIB, la aguda inestabilidad de la macroeconomía real y la inequitativa distribución del ingreso resultante, han sobrepasado con holgura los resultados positivos. Entre éstos, destacan una caída notable de la tasa de inflación, la disminución de los déficit fiscales y el dinamismo de las exportaciones. De hecho, no obstante esos avances, en el año 2005 (en comparación con 1990);, el latinoamericano promedio ha perdido terreno en la lucha del mundo por progresar y proveer más equidad. En efecto, en 2005 su ingreso promedio está más distante del bienestar económico de los ciudadanos de los países industrializados y de otras economías emergentes que lo que estaba en 1990, al inicio de las reformas neoliberales más intensas. A su vez, ese rezagado ingreso promedio involucra una distribución notablemente más regresiva que en las economías desarrolladas y en las de Asia Oriental.

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  • Ffrench-Davis, Ricardo, 2005. "Reformas para América Latina después del fundamentalismo neoliberal," Copublicaciones, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 1888 edited by Cepal.
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