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Latin America’s New Insertion in the World Economy

Towards Systemic Competitiveness in Small Economies

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Ruud Buitelaar

    1. Industrial Development Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mexico

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  2. Pitou Dijck

    1. Center for Latin American Research and Documentation(CEDLA), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Towards a New Insertion in World Markets: An Introduction

    • Pitou van Dijck
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Gains from Trade Reconsidered

    • Hans Linnemann
    Pages 17-30

  4. The Exchange Rate as an Export-Stimulation Mechanism

    • Hans Visser
    Pages 31-57

  5. Structural Adjustment in the 1980s: Stimulus or Setback for Private Investment in the Industrialisation Process?

    • Valpy FitzGerald
    Pages 59-74

  6. The Scope for Industrial Policy in a Free-Trade Environment

    • José Tavares de Araujo Jr
    Pages 75-83

  7. Export Processing Free Zones as an Export Strategy for Central America and the Caribbean

    • Teresa S. Weersma-Haworth
    Pages 85-93

  8. The Export Processing Free Zone of San Bartolo in El Salvador

    • Geske Dijkstra, Carlos Rivera Alemán
    Pages 95-104

  9. The Historical Experience: Growth Accounting

    • André A. Hofman
    Pages 105-121

  10. Social Development during Periods of Structural Adjustment

    • Rolph van der Hoeven, Frances Stewart
    Pages 123-138

  11. Trade Policy and Changing Trade Patterns

    • Cees van Beers
    Pages 139-149

  12. Chile: from Early Liberalisation to ‘Secondphase Export-led Growth’

    • Anne Theo Seinen
    Pages 151-162

  13. Industrial Competitiveness and Government Policies in Uruguay

    • Anton Timpers
    Pages 163-173

  14. The Competitiveness of Manufacturing Firms: the Case of Venezuela

    • Carla Macario
    Pages 175-190

  15. Export Promotion in Costa Rica

    • Geske Dijkstra, Juut van der Wijk
    Pages 191-205

  16. The Systemic Weakness of Guatemala’s Competitiveness

    • Juan Alberto Fuentes K.
    Pages 207-223

  17. Conclusions

    • Ruud Buitelaar, Pitou van Dijck
    Pages 225-233

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 235-258
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Latin America's New Insertion in the World Economy examines the contributions governments can make in order to stimulate efficient and export-orientated manufacturing production in small and medium-sized economies in Latin America in the coming years. The study focuses on the progress that has been made recently to correct policy failures of the past, the obstacles and bottlenecks that have occurred in the process of economic transition and the challenges the selected countries face in order to stimulate in a systematic way the development of an internationally competitive manufacturing sector.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Industrial Development Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mexico

    Ruud Buitelaar

  • Center for Latin American Research and Documentation(CEDLA), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Pitou Dijck

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