The literature on the rubber boom applied a Dependendist view of rubber production in the Brazilian Amazon. Even though … a sizable surplus was generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with … the commodity chain. This paper challenges both frameworks and asks for a more careful examination of the business history …

ILO pub. Working paper on the effects of multinational enterprise on employment in Brazil - provides historical … background to foreign investment in brazil, and studies the role of multinational enterprise in industrial structure and …

ILO pub. Working paper on the effects of multinational enterprise on employment in Brazil - provides historical … background to foreign investment in Brazil, and studies the role of multinational enterprise in industrial structure and …

history and the initial endowments of the two Northern hemisphere economies China and India which are land scarce and labour … abundant with the two Southern hemisphere economies Brazil and South Africa which are land abundant and labour scarce. It …

This paper attempts to analyse the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for … exports, while India and Brazil have the potential to provide similar support, but South Africa does not yet exhibit such a …