The Economic History of Latin America since Independence

1. Latin American economic development: an overview; 2. The struggle for national identity: from independence to mid-century; 3. The export sector and the world economy, circa 1850–1914; 4. Export-led growth: the supply side; 5. Export-led growth and the non-export economy; 6. The First World War and its aftermath; 7. Policy, performance, and structural change in the 1930s; 8. War and the new international economic order; 9. Inward-looking development in the postwar period; 10. New trade strategies and debt-led growth; 11. Debt, adjustment, and the shift to a new paradigm; 12. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Data sources for population and exports before 1914; Appendix 2. The ratio of exports to Gross Domestic Product, the purchasing power of exports, the net barter terms of trade and the volume of exports, circa 1850 to circa 1912; Appendix 3. Population, exports, public revenue and GDP for the main Latin American countries before 1914; Appendix 4. GDP per head in Latin America since 1900.