This book discusses the characteristics of the different foreign exchange policies implemented in Venezuela, their evolution, their effectiveness, and the consequences they have brought about. The conclusions focus on what might be the most suitable foreign-exchange policy for Venezuela and the right way forward to getting the country out of the disarray it finds itself in today. Available in Amazon.com: amzn.to/2PsPkgB
Presentation on the Venezuelan economic situation and outlook, paying spacial attention to the big desequilibria that economy was experiencing at that time, the ways of solving them and the very negative consequences if no actions were taken.
A presentation made at Amnesty International Headquarters in London, UK, as part of a semminar on the Political, Social and Economic Situation of Venezuela. March 2013.
A presentation at the Annual Independence Day Dinner of the Anglo-Venezuelan Society. The Caledonian Club, London, July 16th. (a framework), on the expected impacts of the 2008 Global Crisis on the Venezuelan economy.
Kelly, Janet and Palma, Pedro A. (2004) The syndrome of economic decline and the quest for change. In McCoy, Jennifer and Myers, David (Editors) The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Pp. 202-230. At the beginning of the 21st century Venezuela’s quest for change after years of decline confronted …
Palma, Pedro A. and Rodriguez, Cristina (1997) Sustainability of Adjustment Plans and Economic Reforms: The Venezuelan Case. New York: Americas Society. October The multiple adjustment plans and economic reforms implemented in Latin America in the 1980s and 1990s are highly instructive, providing the basis for a series of hypotheses on basic conditions required to …
Palma, Pedro A. (1989) Commodity price contractions, debt and economic growth in developing economies: The Venezuelan case. In Klein, L. R. and Márquez, J. (Eds.) Economics in Theory and Practice: An Eclectic Approach. Boston – London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Chapter V. Pp. 101-127. One of the consequences of the emergence of the Latin American …
Palma, Pedro A., Fontiveros, Domingo A comparative sensitivity analysis of the MODVEN VII macroeconomic model for Venezuela. Economic Modelling, Vol. 5, Number 4, October 1988. Pp. 286-346. In the first section of the paper the authors present the structure and main features of the macroeconometric model for Venezuela, MODVEN VII, specifying the blocks of …
Fontiveros, Domingo and Palma, Pedro A. (1987) External Debt and the Recessive Impact of a Devaluation: The Venezuelan Case. Caracas: MetroEconómica. March 1987. This paper synthesizes our ongoing evaluation of the Venezuelan government’s economic policy initiatives since December 1986, including an important currency devaluation, their short term effects on the economy, as well as …
Palma, Pedro A. and Fontiveros, Domingo (1986) Viability of Growth with Low Inflation In Latin America. An Econometric Study of the Venezuelan Case. Caracas: MetroEconómica. During the early 1980s, it became common to assert the need for economic policies designed to bring the Latin American countries out of their prolonged recession, but avoiding the …
