Financial Crises in "Successful" Emerging Economies

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In recent years a 'new variety' of crisis has evolved in Asia and Latin America. Many of the emerging economies that have experienced financial trauma have been considered very successful until the crises explode.In this book, the five contributors provide policy-oriented analysis that seeks to identify crucial variables that affect the probability or intensity of crisis.

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Ricardo Ffrench-Davis is principal regional adviser at ECLAC and cofounder of the Center for Economic Research on Latin America (CIEPLAN). He is the author or editor of fifteen books on international economics and finance, development strategies, and Latin American economies, including Reforming the Reforms: Macroeconomics, Trade, Finance (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2000).