Gert Rosenthal
Biographic Data
| ID | 3664535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gert Rosenthal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gert |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenthal |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENTHAL G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Belastingdienst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Inside the United Nations
The financial and economic crisis of 2008 and its repercussions on economic thought
The financial and economic crisis of 2008 had multiple consequences in Latin American and Caribbean countries. It disrupted economic performance and called into question the paradigms that had steered economic policy in most countries; and it also exacerbated the growing divergences in points of view that were emerging before the crisis, some of which are ideological, while others reflect different approaches to economic strategies. The different…
The Scale of Assessments of the UN Budget
This article describes events that took place some three years ago, in the waning days of the Clinton administration. The issue at hand was to reduce the United States' contribution to both the regular and the peacekeeping budgets of the United Nations to a level well below what standard criteria (mostly based on to pay) established. The case made was unpopular and intellectually questionable, but through a combination of aggressive diplomatic in…
Development thinking and policies
This article takes a long-term view of the evolution of development thinking and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean. It begins by looking at the changes in policy formulation trends, noting that the most abrupt changes of this type occurred, first during the period between the wars, and second, in the early 1980s, and although in both cases changes took place which may be considered as swings of the pendulum or phases in a larger picture…
The interplay of macro- and microeconomics
First of all, I would like to express my satisfaction at being here in Central America, and to thank our hosts warmly and sincerely for their support. The United Nations in general and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in particular owe a great deal to Costa Rica for its unwavering support over the years, especially since President Jose Figueres Olsen assumed office. Our gratitude is also due to this country for its impo…
On Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
It is by now conventional wisdom to say that, while the countries of Latin America have improved their economic performance over the past few years, the majority of their populations have suffered a reversal in their standards of living compared to, let us say, 1980. After the protracted recession and acute macroeconomic disequilibria which was experienced by almost all the countries during the first half of the 1980s, many are staging a recovery…
The United Nations and Eclac at the half-century mark of the Organization
Fifty years ago, a broad and representative group of countries tried for the second time in this century to set up a world organization to try to banish the scourge of war and promote international co-operation. The first attempt -the League of Nations- had foundered in the stormy waters that were to lead to the greatest cataclysm in world history. The second effort -the United Nations- has so far resisted different but equally severe trials, not…
Latin America and the Caribbean and the world economy
I should like to begin by expressing our gratitude to the people and Government of Colombia, and most especially to President César Gaviria. First, for their unwavering support of the United Nations in general and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in particular, as evidenced by their active and constructive participation in our forums, their unfailing solidarity with the Secretariat, and their manifest spirit of internat…
Regional integration In the 1990s
The renewed interest sparked by the potential for intraregional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean today has been reflected in numerous agreements regarding trade preferences and in attempts to establish free trade areas, customs unions or common markets. The possibility has even been discussed of setting up free trade arrangements on a hemispheric scale
Some Thoughts on Poverty and Recession in Latin America
By now, it has become a platitude to proclaim that, over the past decade, Latin America has experienced its deepest, most prolonged economic recession in modern history. Nevertheless, this has indeed been the case. The magnitude and effects of the crisis have, of course, varied from country to country, and so have the policy responses. What is undeniable is that not one single country has escaped the recessionary impact of a complex combination o…
Eclac
Before all else, I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the government and people of Brazil for welcoming us to this beautiful and hospitable city. It has been 35 years since our highest intergovernmental forum last met here, but in no way does this mean that ECLAC has been foreign to the Brazilian experience. On the contrary, it has been our privilege to follow the evolution of the Brazilian economy with the greatest interest, par…
On the article by Raúl Prebisch “Towards a theory of change”
In Latin America there is nothing new about the debate between those who advocate the optimal allocation of economic resources through the market mechanism and those who prescribe different degrees of State intervention to remedy alleged shortcomings in that allocating mechanism: “the invisible hand” versus “State control”. In recent years, the discussion has become fiercer and more polarized, perhaps owing to the ineffectiveness of several moder…
Economic trends in Central America
Development in the Central American countries in the past quarter-century has shown positive features, which are brought out by the author: an annual average rate of economic growth of more than 5% , a near-doubling of real income per capita, expansion and diversification of exports, a surge forward in industrialization, the extension and improvement of communications and social services, and so on. Nevertheless, long-standing problems have remai…
Reflections on the conceptual framework of Central American economic integration
The report of the tenth session of the Central American Economic Co-operation Committee maintains that the integration process admits, and today requires, a multiplicity of approaches in which past achievements and the basic and permanent orientations that are deep-rooted in the best integrationist tradition are appropriately combined with innovative action. In the present article an attempt is made to clarify the possible scope and significance …
On Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
It is by now conventional wisdom to say that, while the countries of Latin America have improved their economic performance over the past few years, the majority of their populations have suffered a reversal in their standards of living compared to, let us say, 1980. After the protracted recession and acute macroeconomic disequilibria which was experienced by almost all the countries during the first half of the 1980s, many are staging a recovery…
Reflections on the conceptual framework of Central American economic integration
The report of the tenth session of the Central American Economic Co-operation Committee maintains that the integration process admits, and today requires, a multiplicity of approaches in which past achievements and the basic and permanent orientations that are deep-rooted in the best integrationist tradition are appropriately combined with innovative action. In the present article an attempt is made to clarify the possible scope and significance …
Economic trends in Central America
Development in the Central American countries in the past quarter-century has shown positive features, which are brought out by the author: an annual average rate of economic growth of more than 5% , a near-doubling of real income per capita, expansion and diversification of exports, a surge forward in industrialization, the extension and improvement of communications and social services, and so on. Nevertheless, long-standing problems have remai…
On the article by Raúl Prebisch “Towards a theory of change”
In Latin America there is nothing new about the debate between those who advocate the optimal allocation of economic resources through the market mechanism and those who prescribe different degrees of State intervention to remedy alleged shortcomings in that allocating mechanism: “the invisible hand” versus “State control”. In recent years, the discussion has become fiercer and more polarized, perhaps owing to the ineffectiveness of several moder…
Eclac
Before all else, I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the government and people of Brazil for welcoming us to this beautiful and hospitable city. It has been 35 years since our highest intergovernmental forum last met here, but in no way does this mean that ECLAC has been foreign to the Brazilian experience. On the contrary, it has been our privilege to follow the evolution of the Brazilian economy with the greatest interest, par…
Some Thoughts on Poverty and Recession in Latin America
By now, it has become a platitude to proclaim that, over the past decade, Latin America has experienced its deepest, most prolonged economic recession in modern history. Nevertheless, this has indeed been the case. The magnitude and effects of the crisis have, of course, varied from country to country, and so have the policy responses. What is undeniable is that not one single country has escaped the recessionary impact of a complex combination o…
Regional integration In the 1990s
The renewed interest sparked by the potential for intraregional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean today has been reflected in numerous agreements regarding trade preferences and in attempts to establish free trade areas, customs unions or common markets. The possibility has even been discussed of setting up free trade arrangements on a hemispheric scale
Latin America and the Caribbean and the world economy
I should like to begin by expressing our gratitude to the people and Government of Colombia, and most especially to President César Gaviria. First, for their unwavering support of the United Nations in general and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in particular, as evidenced by their active and constructive participation in our forums, their unfailing solidarity with the Secretariat, and their manifest spirit of internat…
The United Nations and Eclac at the half-century mark of the Organization
Fifty years ago, a broad and representative group of countries tried for the second time in this century to set up a world organization to try to banish the scourge of war and promote international co-operation. The first attempt -the League of Nations- had foundered in the stormy waters that were to lead to the greatest cataclysm in world history. The second effort -the United Nations- has so far resisted different but equally severe trials, not…
Development thinking and policies
This article takes a long-term view of the evolution of development thinking and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean. It begins by looking at the changes in policy formulation trends, noting that the most abrupt changes of this type occurred, first during the period between the wars, and second, in the early 1980s, and although in both cases changes took place which may be considered as swings of the pendulum or phases in a larger picture…
The interplay of macro- and microeconomics
First of all, I would like to express my satisfaction at being here in Central America, and to thank our hosts warmly and sincerely for their support. The United Nations in general and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in particular owe a great deal to Costa Rica for its unwavering support over the years, especially since President Jose Figueres Olsen assumed office. Our gratitude is also due to this country for its impo…
On Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
It is by now conventional wisdom to say that, while the countries of Latin America have improved their economic performance over the past few years, the majority of their populations have suffered a reversal in their standards of living compared to, let us say, 1980. After the protracted recession and acute macroeconomic disequilibria which was experienced by almost all the countries during the first half of the 1980s, many are staging a recovery…
The Scale of Assessments of the UN Budget
This article describes events that took place some three years ago, in the waning days of the Clinton administration. The issue at hand was to reduce the United States' contribution to both the regular and the peacekeeping budgets of the United Nations to a level well below what standard criteria (mostly based on to pay) established. The case made was unpopular and intellectually questionable, but through a combination of aggressive diplomatic in…
The financial and economic crisis of 2008 and its repercussions on economic thought
The financial and economic crisis of 2008 had multiple consequences in Latin American and Caribbean countries. It disrupted economic performance and called into question the paradigms that had steered economic policy in most countries; and it also exacerbated the growing divergences in points of view that were emerging before the crisis, some of which are ideological, while others reflect different approaches to economic strategies. The different…
Inside the United Nations
Political science (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Latin Americans (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · International Relations in Latin America (4 works)