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Title From Natural Resources to the Knowledge Economy : Trade and Job Quality
Published Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : illustrations
Series World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints
World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints.
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Contents 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
Summary Annotation This report addresses three concerns about the structure of trade in Latin American and Caribbean economies
Annotation This report addresses three concerns about the structure of trade in Latin American and Caribbean economies. The first is whether natural wealth and exports of natural resource-intensive commodities hampers economic development. The second concern is that natural resources create a concentrated export structure which exacerbates economic volatility and thus reduces growth. The third concern is that international trade might eliminate jobs. The wide-ranging report cites the experience of Australia, Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States, as well as some Latin American countries, to show how successful economies have been built on the basis of primary commodity exports
Annotation Addresses concerns about the impact of trade in Latin American and Caribbean economies on natural resources, jobs, and economic development. Cites the experience of Australia, Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the U.S., as well as Latin American countries, to show how successful economies have been built on the basis of primary commodity exports
Analysis Labour supply
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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SUBJECT Lateinamerika gnd
Subject Labor supply -- Latin America
Occupations -- Latin America
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.
Commercial policy
Economic policy
Labor supply
Occupations
Arbeitsmarkt
Wirtschaftspolitik
Economische politiek.
Handelspolitiek.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Desenvolvimento econômico regional -- América latina.
Política econômica -- América latina.
Comércio internacional -- América latina.
Política de emprego -- América latina.
employment.
conditions of employment.
trade.
trade structure.
trade policy.
export.
economic development.
structural change.
natural resources.
comparative advantage.
information technology.
export diversification.
agricultural sector.
manufacturing.
productivity.
foreign investment.
human capital.
electronics industry.
tourism.
unemployment.
wages.
wage differential.
informal economy.
self employment.
microenterprise.
export processing zone.
women workers.
statistical table.
emploi.
conditions d'emploi.
commerce international.
structure du commerce international.
politique du commerce international.
exportation.
développement économique.
changement structurel.
ressources naturelles.
avantages comparés.
technologie de l'information.
diversification des exportations.
secteur agricole.
industries manufacturières.
productivité
investissement étranger.
capital humain.
industrie électronique.
tourisme.
chômage.
salaire.
disparité des salaires.
économie informelle.
travail indépendant.
micro entreprise.
zone franche d'exportation.
travailleuses.
tableau statistique.
empleo.
condiciones de empleo.
comercio internacional.
estructura comercial.
política de comercio internacional.
exportación.
desarrollo económico.
cambio estructural.
recursos naturales.
ventaja comparativa.
tecnología de la información.
diversificación de exportaciones.
sector agrícola.
industrias manufactureras.
productividad.
inversiones extranjeras.
capital humano.
industria electrónica.
turismo.
desempleo.
salario.
diferencia del salario.
economía informal.
trabajo a cuenta propia.
microempresa.
zona franca de exportación.
trabajadoras.
cuadros estadísticos.
SUBJECT Latin America -- Commercial policy
Latin America -- Economic policy
Subject Latin America
Caribbean.
Latin America.
Caraïbes.
Amérique latine.
Caribe.
América Latina.
Genre/Form World Bank pub.
graph.
map.
pub Banque mondiale.
carte géographique.
graphique.
pub Banco Mundial.
gráfico.
mapa.
Form Electronic book
Author De Ferranti, David M.
LC no. 2001046929
ISBN 9780821350096
0821350099
0585449430
9780585449432
9786610087662
6610087660
1280087668
9781280087660