After analysing briefly the situation which followed the crisis of the 1980s in Brazil, contrasting it with recent modifications in the patterns of industrialization on the world level, the author examines new economic trends and their consequences for the developing countries, with special...

Given the paucity of basic information concerning the conditions of production and the ability of Central American industries to survive import competition, the Industrial Development Unit of ECLAC's Mexico Office decided to implement Project CAM/89/012 "Industrial restructuring in Central...