This paper evaluates the impact of Mexican trade and productive integration processes during the last 20 years. It finds evidence that growing per capita income in Mexico is directly related to its "trade opening", but is inversely related to the growth of its manufacturing export industry....

Using a heterodox perspective, this book discusses the real possibilities of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico ever achieving economic development through industrialization. Through their discussion of the three most industrialized countries of Latin America, the contributors compare trajectories and...

Using a heterodox perspective, this book discusses the real possibilities of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico ever achieving economic development through industrialization. Through their discussion of the three most industrialized countries of Latin America, the contributors compare trajectories and...

Part I: Global Value Chains Foundations and empirical facts in Latin America -- Chapter 1. Global value chains evolution in Latin America -- Chapter 2: Latin American economies in Global value chains: Main evidence -- Chapter 3: Global Value Chains: Production and Innovation Clusters -- Part II:...