New for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Economic Commission for Latin America.
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Sixty-first edition demonstrates hw the current economic "crisis is affecting the economies of the region and its impact on variables such as economic growth, employment and external-sector indicators. It also discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the countries in dealing with the fallout from the global crisis and the economic policies they have deployed to this end. The analysis covers the performance of the region's economy in 2008 and the first semester of 2009..."
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Pew Hispanic Center.
Available online.
"The flow of immigrants from Mexico to the United States has declined sharply since mid-decade, but there is no evidence of an increase during this period in the number of Mexican-born migrants returning home from the U.S."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.