Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States February 18, 2009

Hosted by: Cato Institute

During the past 400 years, the development gap between Latin America and British North America dramatically widened. Francis Fukuyama will discuss prominent theories for that divergence—including those that emphasize the roles of natural resources, culture, and geography—and explain how institutions and economic policies are the keys to understanding growth outcomes. At different times, several Latin American countries have narrowed the gap with the United States, and genuine institutional reform has occurred in the past several decades across the region. Norman Loayza will comment on the relevance of those findings to an ideologically divided Latin America.

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