Extent: | 1 online resource (259 pages) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. ""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Alternatives to LCRs""; ""Survey Snapshot""; ""Case Studies""; ""Plan of the Study""; ""Chapter 1 - Introduction: The LCR Phenomenon""; ""Characteristics of LCRs""; ""Why LCRs Are Bad Policy""; ""Motives behind and Effects of LCRs""; ""Pushback against LCRs""; ""Plan of the Book""; ""Chapter 2 - Alternatives to Local Content Requirements""; ""Creating a Business-Friendly Environment""; ""Encouraging Corporate Social Responsibility""; ""Expanding Training""; ""Improving Logistics"" ""Increasing Investment in Infrastructure""""Imposing Tariffs and Subsidies""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 - Survey and Case Studies""; ""Chapter 4 - Healthcare Industry in Brazil""; ""Healthcare Industry Trade""; ""Global Harmonization Movement""; ""Cost of LCRs and Related Barriers""; ""Alternatives to LCRs""; ""Chapter 5 - Wind Turbines in Canada""; ""Sources of Energy in Canada""; ""Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions""; ""Wind Energy Regulations""; ""Wind Power in Ontario""; ""Wind Power in Quebec""; ""Impact of LCRs in Ontario and Quebec""; ""Alternatives to LCRs"" ""Chapter 6 - Automobile Industry in China""""Automobile Production and Role of the State""; ""Investment Barriers and Incentives""; ""Automobile Prices""; ""Effect of Trade Barriers on Productivity""; ""Alternatives to LCRs""; ""Chapter 7 - Solar Cells and Modules in India""; ""Demand for Energy in India""; ""Subsidies to the Solar Industry""; ""Barriers to Competitiveness""; ""Overview of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission""; ""Effects of LCRs""; ""Alternatives to LCRs""; ""Chapter 8 - Oil and Gas Industryin Nigeria""; ""Human Development and Security Conditions in Nigeria"" ""Importance of the Industry and Role of Foreign Firms""""The Nigerian Oil and Gas Content Development Act""; ""Alternatives to LCRs""; ""Chapter 9 - Not Buying It: Buy American/Buy America""; ""History of LCRs in the United States""; ""Recent Rhetoric and Proposals""; ""The WTO Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements""; ""Legal Gap for Stimulus Measures""; ""Transportation and Water Infrastructure""; ""Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds""; ""Steel Costs and Industry Delays""; ""Alternatives to LCRs""; ""Chapter 10 - Conclusions andRecommendations"" ""Advice to Governments""""Advice to Trade Officials and Negotiators""; ""Appendix A - Local Content Requirements since 2008""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Other Publications of the Peterson Institute for International Economics""; ""Back cover"" |
ISBN: | 978-0-88132-681-9 ; 978-0-88132-680-2 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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