Can Latin America Compete?

Chapter 1 Introduction: Can Latin America Compete?

Chapter 2 The Macroeconomic Environment of Competitiveness

Chapter 3 Coveting Human Capital: Is Latin American Education Competitive?

Chapter 4 Competitive Capital Markets: Brazil’s Capital Markets Finally Maturing

Chapter 5 Consumer and Small Business Credit: Building Blocks of the Middle Class

Chapter 6 Closing the Technology Gap

Chapter 7 Fostering Innovation: Technological Innovation in Urban Clusters

Chapter 8 Not All Infrastructure Is Created Equally: Learning from the Best Practices and Stunning Failures of Latin American Water Infrastructure

Chapter 9 Logistics: The Software That Drives an Economy

Chapter 10 Legal Reform: Some Emerging Paradoxes of Latin America’s Legal and Judicial Reform Movement

Chapter 11 Property, the Rule of Law, and Development in the Americas

Chapter 12 Tax Reform: Tax Policy, Reform, and Competitiveness in Latin America

Chapter 13 Labor Reform: Undercompetitive Economies and Unprotected Workforce

Chapter 14 Regulatory Reform: Increasing Competitiveness through Regulatory and Investment Climate Improvements in Latin America; the Case of Mexico

Chapter 15 Public Safety: The Cost of Living Dangerously

Chapter 16 Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Looking Forward