This page has been set up to provide information to students at UMBC in ECON 387, "Economic Development of Latin America." If you have any suggestions or comments, let me know.

 Professor Tim Gindling


 ECON 387 Course syllabus and reading list



For help with the simple Ricardian model of comparative advantage, consult chapters 40-0 (sections 1-3) and 40-5 in the following on-line international economics textbook:
 http://www.internationalecon.com/v1.0/toc.html


Links to sources of news stories about Latin American economies

http://www.csmonitor.com thanks to Sitha Nhok
http://www.latinnews.com thanks to Alenoosh Yousefian and David Deutsch
http://www.oas.org for the Organization of American States, thanks to David Deutsch
http://www.iadb.org look for "Links to the Americas" to find ways to link to the web pages of Latin American newspapers and magazines.
http://www.ft.com/  Financial Times of London.
http://www.bloomberg.com/sa/sahome.html thanks to Joe Kelly
http://www.reuters.com and http://cnnfn.com/worldbiz/emerging_markets/ thanks to Ryan Mutter
http://www.herald.com/americas/http://www.latinolink.com/vol1ind.html  and  http://www.buenosairesherald.com (Argentina) thanks to Marie-Claire Guillard
http:/ladb.unm.edu thanks to Joe Kelly
http://www.brazilinfo.net/http://www.mercopress.com/ , and  http://www.joc.com/  thanks to Jennifer Moore.
 http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ many, many links to Latin American academic, government, and other information web sites, arranged by country, thanks to Roshni Dave.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp .
 http://www.usmcoc.org/economy.html thanks to Paige Strehlen