TY - BOOK AU - Hofman, André TI - Long run economic development in Latin America in a comparative perspective : proximate and ultimate causes PY - 2001/// CY - SantiagoCL PB - ECLAC N2 - Describes trends in economic growth and its causes in several Latin American countries in the 20th century. Provides a quantitative assessment of Latin American economic growth performance in a comparative perspective. Stresses the fact that the proximate causes are not independent of the ultimate causes of growth as to a significant degree ER -