"China has emerged as one of the top recipients of foreign direct investment in the world. Meanwhile, the successful … global foreign direct investment. In this paper, the authors use a panel data set to investigate whether foreign direct … investment flows to these two regions are complements, substitutes, or independent of each other. Taking into account the role of …

total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …

effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share …

score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors …

examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time …

"Improved competitiveness is at the top of the agenda for Mexico as it moves to leverage economic progress made over … sectors in Mexico. They use four indicators of trade facilitation: port efficiency, customs environment, regulatory …, and apply it to the case of Mexico. The formula brings the below-average countries in the group half-way to the average …

"The authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration … mothers, which is consistent with remittances relaxing credit constraints on education investment for the very poor. However …