Falling Behind

Ernesto Zedillo, Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and former President of Mexico This volume constitutes one of the most thorough and lucid attempts to answer the fundamental question of why Latin America has become the West's least developed region. It's a must-read for both policymakers and scholars. Bravo and thanks to the authors.

<br>Francis Fukuyama is Professor of International Political Economy in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.<br>

Preface, Enrique Krauze
1. Introduction, Francis Fukuyuma
Part One: The Historical Context
2. Two Centuries of South American Reflections on the Development Gap between the United States and Latin America, Tulio Halperin Donghi
3. Looking at Them: A Mexican Perspective on the Gap with the United Status, Enrique Krauze
4. Explaining Latin America's Lagging Development in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Growth Strategies, Inequality, and Economic Crises, Jorge I. Domínguez
Part Two: The Politics of Underdevelopment in Latin America
5. Does Politics Explain the Economic Gap between the United States and Latin America?, Adam Przeworski and Carolina Curvale
6. The Role of High Stakes Politics in Latin America's Development Gap, Riordan Roett and Francisco E. González
Part Three: Institutional Factors in Latin America's Development
7. Institutions and the Latin American Equilibrium, James A. Robinson
8. Do Defective Institutions Explain the Development Gap Between the United States and Latin America?, Francis Fukuyama
9. Why Institutions Matter: Fiscal Citizenship in Argentina and the United States, Natalio R. Botana
Part Four: Conclusions
10. Conclusion, Francis Fukuyama