Re: Mexico and the IMF

[BAIMAN]

Marty,

How about: Bob Blecker's: "Will Mexico's Economy Rebound from Reforms" in 
FORUM FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY Spring 1997. Though dated 
(it compares Mexico to Asia's success before Asia deregualted)  - this short 
article has references to other more in depth material.

Best,

Ron
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Ron Baiman
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Martin Hart-Landsberg wrote:

 Dear Penners,
 
 I have recently learned that many progressives in South Korea are
 seriously misinformed about the Mexican currency crisis in 94/95 both in
 terms of how the Mexican government responded to it and the impact of the
 IMF structural adjustment program on the Mexican economy and living and
 working conditions.  Believe it or not there is a feeling among some labor
 activists in South Korea that the Mexican government coordinated a
 national dialogue resulting in a social agreement including labor that
 helped protect working class interests leading to a speedy recovery from
 the crisis. 
 
 
 If you have recommendations on some readings that would be useful for
 activists there to read to better understand what happened and is
 contnuing to happen in Mexico I would greatly appreciate you sending
 them to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 I will collect them and forward them to my contacts in South Korea. 
 
 Thanks,
 Marty Hart-Landsberg
 

Re: Mexico and the IMF

[valis]

Yesterday Martin Hart-Landsberg wrote:
 I have recently learned that many progressives in South Korea are
 seriously misinformed about the Mexican currency crisis in 94/95 both in
 terms of how the Mexican government responded to it and the impact of the
 IMF structural adjustment program on the Mexican economy and living and
 working conditions.  Believe it or not there is a feeling among some labor
 activists in South Korea that the Mexican government coordinated a
 national dialogue resulting in a social agreement including labor that
 helped protect working class interests leading to a speedy recovery from
 the crisis. 
 
 
 If you have recommendations on some readings that would be useful for
 activists there to read to better understand what happened and is
 continuing to happen in Mexico I would greatly appreciate you sending
 them to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 I will collect them and forward them to my contacts in South Korea. 

At this critical juncture the sort of pipelining you propose is highly
susceptible to cumulative error; the South Korean unions should send
some rank-and-file investigators to Mexico for a direct experience 
of the current reality there, along with a student film crew from
a left-leaning communications department.
  valis


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