The root cause has been Latin America’s slow—or even negative—growth in productivity, according to a new study by economists at the Inter-American Development Bank*.

根据美洲开发银行经济学者的最新研究报告，根本因素就是在于拉美国家的生产力成长缓慢—甚或负成长。

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Latin American countries seem to be apathetic to this possible development or may be they expect some other country to come to their rescue.

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Mr. Reich ably led the US. Agency for International Development's Latin American bureau and then led communications efforts for our efforts to halt the advance of Soviet and Castroite influence over Central America and the Caribbean.

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Edmundo Jarquin of the Inter-American Development Bank points out that, by generating political instability, lack of democracy contributed greatly to Latin America's economic volatility in times past as, this year, it did in Peru.

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