Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral InstitutionsGordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam This is a systematic assessment of the functioning of hemispheric institutions since the introduction of the Summit of the Americas process in 1994. The text evaluates the effectiveness of inter-American institutions with regard to core issues of democratic governance, security, trade, and economic development. |
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There is little or no evidence that price stability by itself will trig- ger growth , as some optimists have believed . 5. Some degree of control over international capital movements is desirable where there is otherwise too great a ...
There is little or no evidence that price stability by itself will trig- ger growth , as some optimists have believed . 5. Some degree of control over international capital movements is desirable where there is otherwise too great a ...
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Population growth is slowing and labor force growth with it , which takes some pressure off the labor market . Welfare systems and societal safety nets will ultimately strengthen . But since each of these effects tends to occur slowly ...
Population growth is slowing and labor force growth with it , which takes some pressure off the labor market . Welfare systems and societal safety nets will ultimately strengthen . But since each of these effects tends to occur slowly ...
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The second macroeconomic failing of the last quarter century has been the inability to get the rate of investment back up to the level needed to sustain strong growth . The debt crisis ushered in a new period in which risk factors were ...
The second macroeconomic failing of the last quarter century has been the inability to get the rate of investment back up to the level needed to sustain strong growth . The debt crisis ushered in a new period in which risk factors were ...
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Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral Institutions |
| Editors | Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 1588265331, 9781588265333 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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