The balance of payments
- Author: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Main Title: Economic Survey of Latin America 1958 , pp 40-67
- Publication Date: December 1958
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/45aaa3ae-en
- Language: English
The chronic inadequacy of Latin America’s capacity to import is well known, and is attributable to the following two structural factors, common to almost all the countries of the region; (a) heavy demand for imported capital goods, foodstuffs, fuels and raw materials for development purposes; and (b) marked dependence upon external demand for a few staple export commodities.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210583619
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/d3037f28-en
Related Subject(s):
Economic and Social Development
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