Foreign Affairs - Author Page - SEBASTIAN EDWARDS

Author Page - SEBASTIAN EDWARDS

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A Capital Idea? Reconsidering a Financial Quick Fix
Sebastian Edwards
May/June 1999
Summary: Calls for capital controls are growing louder as battered emerging markets try to get back on their feet, but such measures are no substitute for real financial reform.
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Latin America's Underperformance
Sebastian Edwards
March/ April 1997
Summary: The peso crisis was a wake-up call for Latin America. Reformist political leaders realize their support will erode if the economies of the region do not turn around. But building robust economies requires deeper reforms, at a time when the people suffer from acute reform fatigue. For rapid growth with rising real wages, export growth must be higher and value added to exports increase. To foster these, Latin America must address long-neglected weaknesses with a next generation of reforms in education, infrastructure, banking, and the civil service.
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