#50 Political Dimensions of Economic Stabilization Programs in Latin America: A Rapporteur's Report
By Milton Charlton and Deborah Riner
This paper is a rapporteurs' report from a June 1979 Workshop on "Economic Stabilization Programs in Latin America: Political Dimensions" organized by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Summary
The problems of inflation and balance-of-payments crisis are hardly new to the Latin American scene. Nevertheless, the last decade has witnessed economic imbalances of unprecedented magnitudes in several Latin American countries. Efforts to achieve stabilization have had a marked impact on many of these nations, in economic, social, and political terms.
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