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dc.titleProductive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Mexico
dc.contributor.authorBaz, VerĂ³nica
dc.contributor.authorCapelo, Maria Cristina
dc.contributor.authorCenteno, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorEstrada, Ricardo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageMexico
dc.date.available2012-05-21T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2010-11-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractWhile Mexico has potential to grow rapidly, its economic growth has remained low for the past three decades. There is no consensus on the country's development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development policies (PDPs) are often uncoordinated, redundant or even incongruent with each other. It is therefore important to understand the process whereby PDPs are designed and the institutional setting in which they are implemented. This paper consequently examines whether PDPs respond to market failures and/or government failures. When PDPs are not designed to address specific market failures they can produce unwanted results or prove completely ineffective. When PDPs do address government failures, it is important to determine the reasons why the failure cannot be corrected in the first place and whether PDPs will be effective at addressing the problem in a second-best manner.
dc.format.extent102
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011383
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Productive-Development-Policies-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-The-Case-of-Mexico.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectIndustrial Policy
dc.subjectTraining and Development
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subjectResearch and Development
dc.subject.jelcodeO25 - Industrial Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeO43 - Institutions and Growth
dc.subject.keywordsindustrial policy, institutions, policymaking, aerospace, airports, software, clusters, training, r+d, i+d, BECATE, AVANCE, PROSOFT, PDP
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1098
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