Competitiveness : The business of growth. 2001 Report. Economic and social progress in Latin America / Inter-American Development Bank ; preface Enrique V. Iglesias ; Eduardo Lora coordination of edition ; authors Ernesto Stein, Javier Kapsoli, Arturo Galindo, Margaret Miller, Tor Jansson, Carmen Pagés, Miguel Székely, Gustavo Márquez, Alejandro Micco, Natalia Pérez, Jaime Millán, Alberto Chong, Alberto Melo y Christian Daude.

Introduction, 1 -- Part I. Dimensions of competitiveness, 9 -- Summary, 9 -- Chapter 1. Growth, productivity and competitiveness in Latin America, 11 -- Chapter 2. Obstacles to business development, 27 -- Chapter 3. The size of "large" firms, 35 -- Chapter 4. Exports and competitiveness, 43 -- Part II. Financial market development to promote business growth, 57 -- Summary, 57 -- Chapter 5. Financial regulation and supervision, 61 -- Chapter 6. Ownership and structure of the financial sector, 73 -- Chapter 7. Information in financial markets: the role of credit registries, 81 -- Chapter 8. Microfinance: from the village to wall street?, 89 -- Part III. The human factor and competitiveness, 105 -- Summary, 105 -- Chapter 9. Labor costs and competitiveness, 107 -- Chapter 10. Removing barriers to improved labor productivity, 121 -- Part IV. Infrastructure: the platform for efficiency, 147 -- Summary, 147 -- Chapter 11. Ports and transport, 151 -- Chapter 12. Electricity, 165 -- Chapter 13. Telecommunications, 179 -- Part V. The capacity to innovate, 197 -- Summary, 197 -- Chapter 14. The promise and challenge of information technologies, 199 -- Chapter 15. The ability to innovate and use new technologies, 209 -- Chapter 16. Innovation systems in Latin America, 219 -- Part VI. Industrial and investment policies, 237 -- Summary, 237 -- Chapter 17. Industrial policy at the turn of the century, 239 -- Chapter 18. Foreign direct investment policies, 251.