Rethinking foreign investment for sustainable development : lessons for Latin America /

"Consisting of country case studies and comparative analyses from Latin American and US based political economists, this volume addresses the shortcomings of foreign investment for development, and sets out the challenges facing policy makers in this field"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gallagher, Kevin, 1968- (Editor ), Chudnovsky, Daniel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009.
Temas:
Sustainable development > Latin America.
Investments, Foreign > Latin America.
Développement durable > Amérique latine.
Investissements étrangers > Amérique latine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Investments, Foreign.
Sustainable development.
Latin America.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FDI and sustainable development in the Americas / Kevin P. Gallagher, Daniel Chudnovsky and Roberto Porzecanski
  • Is foreign investment always good for development? / Manuel R. Agosin
  • Islands of possibility : MNCs and economic development in Brazil / Celio Hiratuka
  • Foreign investment : the polarization of the Mexican economy / Enrique Dussel Peters
  • A missed opportunity : foreign investment and sustainable development in Argentina / Daniel Chudnovsky and Andrés López
  • Foreign investment and economic development in Costa Rica : the unrealized potential / José Cordero and Eva Paus
  • Investment rules and sustainable development : preliminary lessons from the Uruguayan pulp mills case / Martina Chidiak
  • Foreigners in the forests : saviors or invaders? / Nicola Borregarrd, Annie Dufey and Lucy Winchester
  • Bucking the trend : the political economy of natural resources in three Andean countries / Leonardo Stanley
  • Beyond pollution haloes : the environmental effects of FDI in the pulp and paper and petrochemicals sectors in Brazil / Luciana Togeiro de Almeida and Sucila dos Santos Rocha
  • Missing links, dashed hopes : FDI spillovers and sustainable industrial development in Mexico's silicon valley / Lyuba Zarsky and Kevin Gallagher.

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