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...
Latin America's New Insertion in the World Economy examines the contributions governments can make in order to stimulate efficient and export-orientat...
The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations.
Against the background of the agenda of the present trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this enlightening book outlines the positions of the main players. Its central focus is to analyze the main effects of these positions and to...
The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obv...
The World Trade Organization will become the overall and comprehensive multilateral framework for regulating international trade and trade-related matters. Notwithstanding major achievements made during eight years of negotiations, there will be new challenges requiring rules and regulations in areas not yet adequately covered. Economists, lawyers and authors from trade unions and private companies approach the issues of regionalism, labour standards and environmental protection from different angles and from the North-South perspective. The first challenge is to bring about a "level playing...
The World Trade Organization will become the overall and comprehensive multilateral framework for regulating international trade and trade-related mat...
The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realisation of these gains is far from obvious, as the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations. Against the background of the agenda of the present trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this book outlines the positions of the main players.
The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realisation of these gains is far from obviou...
This text analyses the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of the Initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America (IIRSA), a continent-wide programme.
This text analyses the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of the Initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America (...