Jerry Haar is Associate Dean and Professor of Management and International Business in the College of Business Administration, Florida International University.

List of Figures and Tables ix
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Notes on Contributors xix
Introduction: Can Latin America Compete? John Price Jerry Haar 1
1 The Macroeconomic Environment of Competitiveness Claudio M. Loser 27
2 Coveting Human Capital: Is Latin American Education Competitive? Jeffrey M. Puryear Tamara Ortega Goodspeed 45
3 Competitive Capital Markets: Brazil's Capital Markets Finally Maturing John H. Welch 63
4 Consumer and Small Business Credit: Building Blocks of the Middle Class Jan Smith Tricia Juhn Christopher Humphrey 79
5 Closing the Technology Gap Peter T. Knight Rosane A. Marques 99
6 Fostering Innovation: Technological Innovation in Urban Clusters Scott Tiffin Isabel Bortagaray 121
7 Not All Infrastructure Is Created Equally: Learning from the Best Practices and Stunning Failures of Latin American Water Infrastructure Lee M. Tablewski 143
8 Logistics: The Software That Drives an Economy John Price 163
9 Legal Reform: Some Emerging Paradoxes of Latin America's Legal and Judicial Reform Movement Linn Hammergren 175
10 Property, the Rule of Law, and Development in the Americas Peter F. Schaefer P. Clayton Schaefer 197
11 Tax Reform: Tax Policy, Reform, and Competitiveness in Latin America Mauricio Carrizosa 215
12 Labor Reform: Undercompetitive Economies and Unprotected Workforce Christopher Sabatini 239
13 Regulatory Reform: Increasing Competitiveness through Regulatory and Investment Climate Improvements in Latin America; the Case of Mexico José Luis Guasch Benjamin Herzberg 253
14 Public Safety: The Cost of Living Dangerously John Price 271
Conclusion: Lessons Learned andLooking Forward Jerry Haar John Price 295
Index 303

"This is an important book for those who track the region’s performance. Using case studies, the authors cogently illustrate many of the issues that weaken the region’s competitiveness."