From natural resources to the knowledge economy : trade and job quality / / David de Ferranti ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 186 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm
• Disciplina: 338.98
• Soggetto topico: Labor supply - Latin America; Occupations - Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Commercial policy; Latin America Economic policy
• Altri autori: De FerrantiDavid M
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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 Trade -- New 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 History -- The 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 Institutions -- Chile'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 -- BrazilÌs Reforms, Manufacturing Productivity, and EMBRAER -- Exports and Foreign Investment in Central American Countries: Tax Incentives, Institutions, or Human Capital? -- The Impact of NAFTA on MexicoÌs Trade Structure -- Tourism and Development in the Caribbean -- Notes -- How 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: From natural resources to the knowledge economy
• ISBN: 1-280-08766-8; 9786610087662; 0-585-44943-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818835903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. . -Viewpoints.