This paper estimates the effect of trade liberalization on import performance of selected Latin American countries (which account for about 85 percent of total Latin America imports). The novelty of this study is that it applies a long-term approach covering the whole XX century using times...

There is a growing literature exploring the role of international trade channels on economic growth, looking at the mechanisms through which import and export flows might affect productivity, technology diffusion and output growth. However, most of this literature appears to neglect an important...

The current trend towards globalization is posing a substantial challenge to SME clusters to restructure and reach out to distant markets and knowledge sources, while at the same time exploiting the advantages of local factors and agglomeration. This book represents a first attempt to analyze...

Global value chains (GVCs) often represent one of the few options for local firms and suppliers in developing countries to get access to larger markets and to new technologies. While the potential benefits from GVCs for medium-income developing countries are well documented, the studies dealing...

This paper offers a substantive contribution to the debate on the role of international trade on the development of emerging countries. The aim is to detect empirically the phenomenon of vulnerability induced by trade openness. The methodology adopts a forward-looking approach and tries to fill...

A nivel mundial se observa un aumento en la liberalización de los mercados nacionales de capital. Este trabajo se propone analizar la movilidad del capital entre los países que integran el acuerdo ASEAN (Asociación de Naciones Asiáticas Sudorientales) en orden a estudiar el rol desempeñado...

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This comment to the article by de Janvry and Sadoulet deals with scientific and technological development in agriculture. The Author makes suggestions in two major areas: a) the extent and continuing relevance of dualism in developing countries; b) the uneven distribution of power conditioning...