tailieunhanh - Press Freedom and Economic Development in Latin America 2008

These talks are really helpful to show you the competition among . graduates, and they may also give you an idea of the recent research topics in economics. Another option that always comes in handy is to go over recent issues of some journals just to relax and/or see what is going on in economics nowadays, especially articles or working papers published by your current professors. Since professors often like to put their own “special touch” to their classes (., show samples or their research on the core economics courses), chances are you may end up getting another point. | OCTOBER 2008 CẦDAL Suoerávit Y EL DESARROLLO DE AMÉ RICA LATINA-- 11 a irldj L Economic De LA NACION 1 ÍL11I1ÍTÍĨŨ ELK A LAW I I Ợr rlFJpiKpirl Tj ẼÍ ihi .nl F Lik. Ljb N p us il fiilrllkfad . Hf IDHDISJ feibduuilb L MERCURIO .Mb ment Đ ESTAIXJ BE s. PAllUO Aprobaraii la ley Ji 21 a rfaetrt s By Hernán Alberro The economy Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen revolutionized the concept of development by referring to it as human development . This is how liberty became a central element of the process of development. Following this path today many authors vigorously defend freedom of the press as an elementary base for development. Chile leads again the Press Freedom and Economic Development ranking for Latin America in 2008. Costa Rica suffered a strong decrease in the score but without loosing the second position in the regional ranking. t Peru slightly improved its position in the ranking due to the stagnation of Argentina Brazil and the Dominican Republic. Argentina and Nicaragua are those who worsen most in their positions as well as in their scores. Cuba continues to be the last of the region while it finds itself on global level only above North Korea on the bottom of the global ranking. Methodology The annual report on Press Freedom and Economic Development in Latin America seeks to disentangle and analyze the relationship between indicators of press freedom economic liberty and economic development in our region. Thus first a brief review is made on the situation of press freedom in Latin American countries using the annual report Freedom of the Press 2008 A Global Survey of Media Independence published by Freedom House. This study one of the most complete and already for a long time existing ones measures three aspects of press freedom the legal environment the political environment and the economic environment being the second one the most important aspect weighing 40 per cent while the others receive 30 each. That s how the degree in which the .