Reforming Latin America's Economies ― After Market Fundamentalism

"Provides a comprehensive analysis of why reforms in Latin America have failed in achieving growth and equity. The book focuses on three strategic areas of reforms of the Washington Consensus: Macroeconomics, Trade and Finance. Identifies main analytical inconsistencies in the market fundamentalism that has dominated present reforms. In a firmly based policy-oriented approach, Ffrench-Davis offers alternative policies to reform the reforms in the three areas of macroeconomics, trade and finance, seeking for sustained equitable growth."--BOOK JACKET.

RICARDO FFRENCH-DAVIS is Principal Advisor of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Professor of Economics at the University of Chile; Co-Directs with Joseph Stiglitz and Deepak Nayyar the 'Macroeconomic Task Force' of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (University of Columbia) launched by Joseph Stiglitz. Ffrench-Davis was Chief Economist of the Central bank of Chile and Director of the Centre for Economic Research on Latin America (CIEPLAN). He has published 19 books and some 120 technical articles.

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis was awarded the Chilean National Prize of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2005.