Interaction between the public and private sectors and the overall efficiency of the economy

The countries of Latin America are confronting the challenge of dealing with a restructuring of their economies on the basis of adverse conditions resulting from the crisis. Neither the neoliberal State nor traditional interventionism can perform the exacting task that the crisis situation and the need for transformation demand. On the contrary, what is needed is a joining of forces by the social and productive sectors which proceeds from the assumption that competition is not only internal but also international.