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This paper examines the process of trade liberalisation in Mexico, particularly since the mid-1980s and the signing of …
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Specializing in tourism is an option available to a number of less developed countries and regions. But is it a good option? To answer this question, we have compared the relative growth performance of 14 "tourism countries" within a sample of 143 countries, observed during the period 1980-95....
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We analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if used sustainably - provides a comparative advantage in...
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In der gegenwärtigen Debatte um die Ziele sozio-ökonomischer Entwicklung nimmt Wirtschaftswachstum eine zentrale, wenn … auch umstrittene Rolle ein. Während die eine Seite Wirtschaftswachstum als etwas Erstrebenswertes betrachtet, da sie es als … diese beiden Positionen kritisch und argumentiert, dass beide einen Fehler begehen, indem sie Wirtschaftswachstum zu einem …
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discrimination in urban Mexico as measured by the gender earnings differential. More than four decades ago, Becker argued that labour …
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Die Autorinnen fragen nach den Inhalten und Formen von Wissen über Raum und Raumentwicklung für die große … transformativem Raumwissen - insbesondere der Hochschulen, in welche die Raum- und Planungswissenschaften eingebunden sind - wird …
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Cities are at the heart of Europe. As four of every five European citizens live in urban areas, their quality of life and the quality of their environment depends upon how cities look and how they function. Cities are also places where business is done, investments are made and jobs are created....
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disparities in Mexico over the last two decades. It is highlighted that the passage from an import substitution system to … of oil and raw materials and proximity to Mexico City. Economic liberalization and regional integration in NAFTA has been … related to regional divergence, a reduction of the importance of Mexico City as the main market and to the emergence of an …
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stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …
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liberalisation involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on exports, imports and the balance of payments in Mexico … slowdown of Mexico's growth in recent years. NAFTA has not delivered the improved growth performance that was promised by … Mexico's political leaders at the time. …
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