Browsing by Author "Williamson, Jeffrey"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

    • Are Third World Emigration Forces Abating? 

      Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2009-12)
      Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based ...

    • Lost Decades: Postindependence Performance in Latin America and Africa 

      Bates, Robert H.; Coatsworth, John H.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2007)
      Africa and Latin America secured independence from European colonial rule a century and half apart: most of Latin America by the 1820s and most of Africa by 1960. Despite the distance in time and space, they share important ...