The Debt Crisis in Latin America Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Ph.D. , adiazbau@gmail.com

1. Economic Policy in Latin America IRGN 409 April-June, 2008 The Debt Crisis in Latin America Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Ph.D. [email_address] Professor of Economics and Researcher at COLEF Visiting Research Fellow and Guest Scholar 2008, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California San Diego (UCSD). April 2, 2008 Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies IR/PS University of California, San Diego

6. The Paris Club is an informal group of financial officials from 19 of the world's richest countries, which provides financial services such as debt restructuring, debt relief, and debt cancellation to indebted countries and their creditors. Debtors are often recommended by the International Monetary Fund after alternative solutions have failed. It meets every six weeks at the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and Industry in Paris.

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45. Brazil’s Negative Current Account Balance During the 1980’s The current account of the balance of payments is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor incomes (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid).

48. Economic Policy in Latin America IRGN 409 April-June, 2008 The Debt Crisis in Latin America Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Ph.D. [email_address] Professor of Economics and Researcher at COLEF Visiting Research Fellow and Guest Scholar 2008, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California San Diego (UCSD). April 2, 2008 Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies IR/PS University of California, San Diego