We analyse the evolution of Manufacturing Value-Added per inhabitant in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries during the period 1980-2002, and present a comparison with more industrialized countries. We find that very few Latin American countries have experienced an increase in that variable...

This article presents a comparative analysis of regional development in European Union countries after the Enlargement of year 2004 to 25 Countries of Western, Central and East Europe. We analysis the evolution of 151 regions of those countries during the period 1995-2000 and present some...

We analyse the evolution of economic development of countries of Asia and Pacific for the period 2000-2010, and present the estimation of a cross-section model of 30 countries in year 2010, in order to relate economic development with manufacturing and investment. We compare the results of...