Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. General Overview, Problems, Trends and Regional Policies in Latin America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Reason Why of This Book: An Introduction

      • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Patricio Aroca

      Pages 3-19

   3. Facing the Need for Regional Policies in Latin America

      • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Patricio Aroca

      Pages 21-42

   4. Territorial Development in Latin America: A Long Term Perspective

      • Jorge Máttar, Luis Riffo

      Pages 43-68

   5. The Origins, Development and Current State of Territorial Policies in Latin America in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

      • Sergio Boisier

      Pages 69-89

   6. Growth and Regional Disparities in Latin America Concentration Processes and Regional Policy Challenges

      • Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Sergio Gonzalez-Catalán

      Pages 91-112

   7. Concentration and Growth in Latin American Countries

      • Miguel Atienza, Patricio Aroca

      Pages 113-133

   8. Urban Primacy and Regional Economic Disparities in Latin America

      • Luis Mauricio Cuervo G., Nicolás Cuervo B.

      Pages 135-161

3. Analysis by Countries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Growth, Concentration, Inequality and Regional Policy in Mexico

      • Luis Quintana-Romero, Norman Asuad-Sanén

      Pages 165-195

   3. Regional Inequalities and Regional Policies in Colombia: The Experience of the Last Two Decades

      • Luis Armando Galvis, Adolfo Meisel

      Pages 197-223

   4. Concentration and Inequality Across Brazilian Regions

      • Carlos Roberto Azzoni

      Pages 225-241

   5. Argentina’s Regional Performance: 1970–2010

      • Victor J. Elias, Mauro Alem, Julio J. Elias, Maria Antonella Mancino

      Pages 243-278

   6. Territorial Inequality and Regional Policy in Chile

      • Patricio Aroca

      Pages 279-291

   7. The Paradox of Peruvian Growth: The Evolution of Territorial Disparities and Regional Policy

      • María Teresa Gallo-Rivera, Rubén Garrido-Yserte, Efraín Gonzales de Olarte, Juan Manuel del Pozo-Segura

      Pages 293-322

   8. Growth, Clusters, and Convergence in Ecuador: 1993–2011

      • Marlon G. Ramón-Mendieta, Wilman S. Ochoa-Moreno, Diego A. Ochoa-Jiménez

      Pages 323-337

4. Horizontal and Comparative Analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 339-339

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   2. Population Distribution and Internal Migration Issues in LAC

      • Patricio Aroca, Jorge Rodríguez

      Pages 341-358

   3. Education, Innovation and Economic Growth in Latin America

      • Miguel Ángel Mendoza-González, Marcos Valdivia-López, Jorge Isaac-Egurrola

      Pages 359-377

This contributed volume is the first book in English to offer a current and critical vision of regional problems and policies in the countries of Latin America. The book is in three main parts: a general overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America as a whole; country-level coverage of seven individual countries; and comparative analyses of common major problems such as migration, education, labor, poverty, decentralization, exports and foreign direct investments. Written by renowned academics and experts from the region, the book seeks to provide a better understanding of regional challenges and trends, regional disparities that exist in many Latin American countries and the increasing importance of metropolitan areas.

• Fiscal and Economic Concentration and Decentralization
• Regional Disparities
• Regional Policies
• Territorial Policies
• Urban Concentration

• Economia Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Alcalá de Henares - Madrid, Spain

  Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

• Universidad Adolfo Ibánez, Vina del Mar, Chile

  Patricio Aroca

Cuadrado-Roura, Juan R.  Professor of Applied Economics and Titular Professor of a Chair ‘J.Monnet, funded by the European Commission, University of Alcala, Madrid. PhD. Economics, Complutense University, Madrid. Founder-Director of the Institute of Economic and Social Analysis. Former President of the ERSA and Director of the journal ‘Investigaciones Regionales’. He has published numerous articles, chapters of books and books, mainly on Economic Policy, European Economy, Regional Growth and Policies, Productivity and the analysis of Service industries.

Aroca, Patricio. Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile; he is also main researcher of the nucleus of the Millennium Scientific Initiative of the Chilean Ministry of Economics: “Regional Science and Public Policy” and affiliated associated professor at REAL of University of Illinois, USA. He had consulted for World Bank, UNCTAD, IADB, CELADE-ECLAC-UN and several national and regional governments. He is also member of the board of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), the PRSCO (Pacific Reg.Sc. Council) and president of the RSAmericas (Regional Science Association of the Americas).

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