Robert Devlin
Biographic Data
| ID | 817935 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Devlin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Devlin |
| SIGNATURE | DEVLIN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ultrafine Particle Metrics and Research Considerations: Review of the 2015 UFP Workshop
In February 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored a workshop in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA to review the current state of the science one missions, air quality impacts, and health effects associated with exposures to ultrafine particles[1].[...]
Debt and Crisis in Latin America: The Supply Side of the Story
Public-private alliances for long-term national development strategies
Few developing countries have succeeded in consistently closing the income gap with the world’s richest nations without proactive government action in pursuit of economic transformation and a dynamic role in the global economy. Two factors are crucial here: the development and implementation of a medium- and long-term strategy to achieve rapid economic transformation, and the support provided to this strategy by a public-private alliance forged b…
From Miami to Cartagena: Nine lessons and nine challenges of the ftaa
In Miami in December 1994 the heads of State of 34 countries of the hemisphere decided to construct a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by the year 2005. The initiative was backed by an ambitious Plan of Action which gained further definition in declarations of the hemisphere’s trade ministers in follow up meetings held in Denver and Cartagena. In effect, the preparatory process for the FTAA is now in gear with eleven intergovernmental worki…
The great Latin America debt crisis: A decade of asymmetric adjustment
Latin America has entered a new phase of abundance of capital inflows, bearing some resemblance to the episode of 70’s. In this paper a review is made of the origins of indebtment in the 70’s, of the emergence of the crisis in the early 80’s, and of the management by creditors and debtors during that decade. Some lessons are derived about the working of international financial markets and policy implications
Debt and Crisis in Latin America: The Supply Side of the Story
Privatizations and social welfare
Privatization is an important dimension of the adjustment process in Latin America. The process is well advanced in a considerable number of countries, and there are few nations which have not embarked on a privatization programme, with special emphasis on the sale of public enterprises
Canje de deuda por naturaleza: La necesid de una nueva agenda
Debt for nature swaps generally involve significant fiscal costs. As for the benefits for the developing country and its government, they are potentially ambiguous. The projects financed by the swaps typically involve the protection of exotic flora and fauna in which a considerable part of the social returns is externalized to the rest of the world. This, coupled with high social rates of discount in crisis-ridden developing countries, could mean…
Canje de deuda por naturaleza: La necesidad de una nueva agenda
CONVERSIONES DE LA DEUDA, DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE, DEUDA EXTERNA, GESTION DE LA DEUDA, PROTECCION AMBIENTAL, RECURSOS NATURALES, DEBT CONVERSIONS, DEBT MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXTERNAL DEBT, NATURAL RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Latin America and the new finance and trade flows
This article explores Latin America’s prospects with regard to international finance and trade in the 1990s. It is concluded that the external environment will probably be unfavourable, although there will be some opportunities for supporting the region’s structural adjustment processes
The Menu Approach
Robert Devlin's article looks in some detail at the stage before the Brady Plan was implemented, (the market menu approach), in which the concept of debt reduction was informally gradually ushered in. Amongst others, it describes and evaluates in some detail the 1988 Mexican Aztec bond scheme, the Bolivian buyback, the Brazilian 1988 financial package — that included an ‘exit’ option — and the more limited Chilean buyback. RESUME L'approche “Menu…
From Baker to Brady: Can the new plan work
The Brady Plan proposes to stimulate reforms and development in countries facing problems with their external debt through debt relief and debt servicing. However, debt reduction is nothing new, as this was already an important component of the Brady Plan and its “market menu” strategy. The greatest contribution of this Plan is the willingness to support the voluntary reduction of the external debt with public resources and public institutional r…
Dictionary of the Russian Revolution
Preface The Dictionary Chronology of the Russian Revolutions Maps Appendix Name Index Subject Index
Debt and Crisis in Latin America: The Supply Side of the Story
Options for tackling the external debt problem
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Disciplina financeira versus desenvolvimento econômico: Será que o Plano Baker acaba com o conflito
Após a divulgação do plano de James Baker de reestruturação da dívida externa de países selecionados, esta nota revisa o histórico de renegociação de dívidas entre países latino-americanos e bancos transnacionais. Também trata de como um plano de estabilização pode ser harmônico com o crescimento econômico
Economic restructuring in Latin America in the face of the foreign debt and the external transfer problem
There is a growing consensus in the region that the Latin American econom ies should become more efficient, more internationally competitive and less insulated from m arket forces, even if this restructuring is achieved through more pragm atic and selective instruments than those usually proposed by the Centre
External debt and crisis: The decline of the orthodox strategy
This article presents a general view of the reschedulings of Latin American debts with the private banking system during the period 1982-1985. The marked worsening of the conditions of indebtedness experienced by the debtors in the first round of negotiations in 1982-1983 has gradually given way to more favourable terms, above all in the most recent rescheduling (1984-1985). The creditors use market concepts to explain this phenomenon: the better…
The burden of debt and the crisis: Is it time for a unilateral solution
Hitherto Latin America’s adjustments to debt servicing requirements have taken the form of a contraction of imports and of the economy as a whole, which is producing perverse effects not only in the economic but also in the social and political spheres
Renegotiation of Latin America’s debt: An analysis of the monopoly power of private banks
In 1982 Latin America began to encounter serious difficulties in servicing its external debt and by midyear most of the countries heavily in debt to the international private banks —their leading creditors— initiated negotiations to reprogramme payments
Transnational banks, external debt and Peru: Results of a recent study
The causes of the economic crisis experienced by Peru in recent years are primarily of domestic origin. At the same time, “however, the author considers that those of external origin should not be underestimated, including those connected with the role played by the private commercial banks, which is the subject of this article
Commercial bank finance from the North and the economic development of the South: Congruence and conflict
The executives of the big private banks feel very satisfied with their growing role in the financing of the less developed countries and furthermore consider that there is a general harmony of interests between borrowers and lenders: a sense of satisfaction which is shared by an appreciable number of economists and officials responsible for formulating policies both in the developed and the under-developed countries
External finance and commercial banks. Their role in Latin America’s capacity to import between 1951 and 1975
Since the mid-1960s a radical change has come about in international financial flows which has placed commercial banks at the heart of the process. It is they that handled substantial funds deriving from the expansion of the Eurocurrency market and later recycled a considerable portion of the surpluses generated by OPEC; and for several reasons, paramount among which is the expectation of profit, they have channelled a considerable proportion of …
Debt and Crisis in Latin America: The Supply Side of the Story
Economic restructuring in Latin America in the face of the foreign debt and the external transfer problem
There is a growing consensus in the region that the Latin American econom ies should become more efficient, more internationally competitive and less insulated from m arket forces, even if this restructuring is achieved through more pragm atic and selective instruments than those usually proposed by the Centre
Commercial bank finance from the North and the economic development of the South: Congruence and conflict
The executives of the big private banks feel very satisfied with their growing role in the financing of the less developed countries and furthermore consider that there is a general harmony of interests between borrowers and lenders: a sense of satisfaction which is shared by an appreciable number of economists and officials responsible for formulating policies both in the developed and the under-developed countries
External finance and commercial banks. Their role in Latin America’s capacity to import between 1951 and 1975
Since the mid-1960s a radical change has come about in international financial flows which has placed commercial banks at the heart of the process. It is they that handled substantial funds deriving from the expansion of the Eurocurrency market and later recycled a considerable portion of the surpluses generated by OPEC; and for several reasons, paramount among which is the expectation of profit, they have channelled a considerable proportion of …
Commercial bank finance from the North and the economic development of the South: Congruence and conflict
The executives of the big private banks feel very satisfied with their growing role in the financing of the less developed countries and furthermore consider that there is a general harmony of interests between borrowers and lenders: a sense of satisfaction which is shared by an appreciable number of economists and officials responsible for formulating policies both in the developed and the under-developed countries
Transnational banks, external debt and Peru: Results of a recent study
The causes of the economic crisis experienced by Peru in recent years are primarily of domestic origin. At the same time, “however, the author considers that those of external origin should not be underestimated, including those connected with the role played by the private commercial banks, which is the subject of this article
Renegotiation of Latin America’s debt: An analysis of the monopoly power of private banks
In 1982 Latin America began to encounter serious difficulties in servicing its external debt and by midyear most of the countries heavily in debt to the international private banks —their leading creditors— initiated negotiations to reprogramme payments
The burden of debt and the crisis: Is it time for a unilateral solution
Hitherto Latin America’s adjustments to debt servicing requirements have taken the form of a contraction of imports and of the economy as a whole, which is producing perverse effects not only in the economic but also in the social and political spheres
External debt and crisis: The decline of the orthodox strategy
This article presents a general view of the reschedulings of Latin American debts with the private banking system during the period 1982-1985. The marked worsening of the conditions of indebtedness experienced by the debtors in the first round of negotiations in 1982-1983 has gradually given way to more favourable terms, above all in the most recent rescheduling (1984-1985). The creditors use market concepts to explain this phenomenon: the better…
Economic restructuring in Latin America in the face of the foreign debt and the external transfer problem
There is a growing consensus in the region that the Latin American econom ies should become more efficient, more internationally competitive and less insulated from m arket forces, even if this restructuring is achieved through more pragm atic and selective instruments than those usually proposed by the Centre
Disciplina financeira versus desenvolvimento econômico: Será que o Plano Baker acaba com o conflito
Após a divulgação do plano de James Baker de reestruturação da dívida externa de países selecionados, esta nota revisa o histórico de renegociação de dívidas entre países latino-americanos e bancos transnacionais. Também trata de como um plano de estabilização pode ser harmônico com o crescimento econômico
Options for tackling the external debt problem
Preview this article: Options for tackling the external debt problem, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/16840348/1989/37/bb9bd6e1-en-1.gif
The Menu Approach
Robert Devlin's article looks in some detail at the stage before the Brady Plan was implemented, (the market menu approach), in which the concept of debt reduction was informally gradually ushered in. Amongst others, it describes and evaluates in some detail the 1988 Mexican Aztec bond scheme, the Bolivian buyback, the Brazilian 1988 financial package — that included an ‘exit’ option — and the more limited Chilean buyback. RESUME L'approche “Menu…
From Baker to Brady: Can the new plan work
The Brady Plan proposes to stimulate reforms and development in countries facing problems with their external debt through debt relief and debt servicing. However, debt reduction is nothing new, as this was already an important component of the Brady Plan and its “market menu” strategy. The greatest contribution of this Plan is the willingness to support the voluntary reduction of the external debt with public resources and public institutional r…
Dictionary of the Russian Revolution
Preface The Dictionary Chronology of the Russian Revolutions Maps Appendix Name Index Subject Index
Debt and Crisis in Latin America: The Supply Side of the Story
Latin America and the new finance and trade flows
This article explores Latin America’s prospects with regard to international finance and trade in the 1990s. It is concluded that the external environment will probably be unfavourable, although there will be some opportunities for supporting the region’s structural adjustment processes
Canje de deuda por naturaleza: La necesidad de una nueva agenda
CONVERSIONES DE LA DEUDA, DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE, DEUDA EXTERNA, GESTION DE LA DEUDA, PROTECCION AMBIENTAL, RECURSOS NATURALES, DEBT CONVERSIONS, DEBT MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXTERNAL DEBT, NATURAL RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Privatizations and social welfare
Privatization is an important dimension of the adjustment process in Latin America. The process is well advanced in a considerable number of countries, and there are few nations which have not embarked on a privatization programme, with special emphasis on the sale of public enterprises
Canje de deuda por naturaleza: La necesid de una nueva agenda
Debt for nature swaps generally involve significant fiscal costs. As for the benefits for the developing country and its government, they are potentially ambiguous. The projects financed by the swaps typically involve the protection of exotic flora and fauna in which a considerable part of the social returns is externalized to the rest of the world. This, coupled with high social rates of discount in crisis-ridden developing countries, could mean…
Debt and Crisis in Latin America: The Supply Side of the Story
The great Latin America debt crisis: A decade of asymmetric adjustment
Latin America has entered a new phase of abundance of capital inflows, bearing some resemblance to the episode of 70’s. In this paper a review is made of the origins of indebtment in the 70’s, of the emergence of the crisis in the early 80’s, and of the management by creditors and debtors during that decade. Some lessons are derived about the working of international financial markets and policy implications
From Miami to Cartagena: Nine lessons and nine challenges of the ftaa
In Miami in December 1994 the heads of State of 34 countries of the hemisphere decided to construct a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by the year 2005. The initiative was backed by an ambitious Plan of Action which gained further definition in declarations of the hemisphere’s trade ministers in follow up meetings held in Denver and Cartagena. In effect, the preparatory process for the FTAA is now in gear with eleven intergovernmental worki…
Public-private alliances for long-term national development strategies
Few developing countries have succeeded in consistently closing the income gap with the world’s richest nations without proactive government action in pursuit of economic transformation and a dynamic role in the global economy. Two factors are crucial here: the development and implementation of a medium- and long-term strategy to achieve rapid economic transformation, and the support provided to this strategy by a public-private alliance forged b…
Debt and Crisis in Latin America: The Supply Side of the Story
Ultrafine Particle Metrics and Research Considerations: Review of the 2015 UFP Workshop
In February 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored a workshop in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA to review the current state of the science one missions, air quality impacts, and health effects associated with exposures to ultrafine particles[1].[...]
Economics (19 works) · Political science (17 works) · Debt (14 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (12 works) · Finance (12 works) · Latin Americans (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Financial system (8 works) · Debt crisis (7 works) · Geography (7 works)