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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780360803321

Titolo

Globalization and development : : a Latin American and Caribbean perspective / / edited by Jose Antonio Ocampo, Juan Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, Calif. : , : Stanford Social Sciences

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2003]

copyright 2003

ISBN

1-280-08620-3

9786610086207

0-8213-8370-1

0-585-47966-6

Descrizione fisica

xv, 214 pages ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Latin American development forum series

Altri autori (Persone)

OcampoJoseĢ Antonio

MartinJuan <1941->

Disciplina

337.8

Soggetti

Globalization

Economic development

Latin America Foreign economic relations

Caribbean Area Foreign economic relations

Latin America Economic conditions

Caribbean Area Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Latin American Development Forum Series; About ECLAC; Contents; Preface; 1 Globalization: A Historical, Multidimensional Perspective; Notes; 2 International Trade and the New Global Production Structure; Notes; 3 The International Mobility of Capital and Labor; Notes; 4 Inequalities and Asymmetries in the Global Order; Notes; 5 An Agenda for the Global Era; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Customers in the US and Canada please order from Stanford University Press at (800) 621-2736 or visit their website at www.sup.org. In this book, ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) draws upon the Latin American and Caribbean region's



experience in order to formulate a historical and multidimensional assessment of the globalization process from the perspectives of developing countries. In view of the glaring contrast between increasingly global problems and the incomplete, asymmetrical nature of the international agenda for dealing with them, developing countries ne