Download or read book Prosperity's Promise written by Bradford L Barham and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1996-09-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides the first integrative economic analysis of one of Latin America's most explosive natural resource export booms. The authors combine economic and geographical perspectives to build persuasive theoretical and empirical arguments linking micro- and macroeconomic processes and to explain the key features and outcomes of the boom. They conclude by laying out the essential lessons learned for assessing the role of resource extraction in developing regional economies.