From Natural Resources to the Knowledge Economy : Trade and Job Quality.
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Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Washington, DC :
World Bank,
©2002.
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Colección: | World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints.
World Bank e-Library. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Introduction and Summary
- What Should Countries Rich in Natural Resources Do to Grow Faster and Improve the Quality of Their Jobs?
- Answering Old and New Concerns about Trade
- Lessons from Successful Natural Resource-Rich Countries: Play to Your Strengths
- Building New Areas of Comparative Advantage
- Are the New Jobs Good Jobs?
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Comparative Advantage, Diversification, and Intra- Industry Trade: Determinants and Consequences
- New Trade Theories, New Endowments, and New Patterns of TradeNew Factor Endowments: Industrial Clusters, Logistics Costs, and ICT and Knowledge
- Comparative Advantage: Facts from LAC
- The Regional Average since the Early 1980s
- Are Traditional Endowments Destiny?
- Trade and Endowments
- Econometric Evidence
- Export Diversification and IIT: Where Are We, and Does It Matter?
- Export Diversification and IIT in LAC
- Summary of Findings about Comparative Advantage, Diversification, and IIT
- Notes
- It's Not Just What You Produce, But How: Lessons from Comparative HistoryThe Lesson from History: Play to Your Strengths
- Total Factor Productivity Growth and Development
- Knowledge and Natural Resources: A Proven Recipe for Growth
- Two Final Concerns
- Why Was Latin America's Experience So Disappointing?
- Distribution
- Education and Technical Capacity
- Disruptive Industrialization in the Postwar Period
- Are the Successful Models Replicable? The Death of Distance, Fragmentation, and First- Mover Advantages
- Notes
- Recent LAC Experiences: The Role of Knowledge and InstitutionsChile's Agricultural Performance: The Case of Fresh Fruits Exports
- Econometric Results
- Net Rates of Protection
- Research and Development in Chilean Agriculture
- Argentina's and Uruguay's Export Diversification after Liberalization
- BrazilÃŒs Reforms, Manufacturing Productivity, and EMBRAER
- Exports and Foreign Investment in Central American Countries: Tax Incentives, Institutions, or Human Capital?
- The Impact of NAFTA on MexicoÃŒs Trade Structure
- Tourism and Development in the Caribbean
- NotesHow We Work: Job Quality in Emerging Sectors
- Employment
- Wages and Distribution
- Informality
- New Jobs from Trade: Opportunity or Exploitation?
- Conclusion: How Can We Continue to Raise Job Quality?
- Notes
- Bibliography