Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2022
This note examines the level and structure of construction costs in Latin America in the late sixties, comparing them with those obtained in the early sixties by the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). The cost trends over this period are then examined.
The author, also a member of the associated staff of the Brookings Institution, extends his thanks to Molly Wainer for assistance with the construction comparisons for 1968. He is also grateful to the researchers of the ECIEL member institutes in the Price and Economic Policy Working Group (see appendix), without whose collaboration this note would not have been possible. Among them, the cooperation of Jorge Kingston of the Fundação Getulio Vargas, who coordinated the construction comparisons, is especially acknowledged. None of them, however, is responsible for any defects remaining in this note. This study was partly supported by the Ford Foundation.