Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral InstitutionsGordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam This is a systematic assessment of the functioning of hemispheric institutions since the introduction of the Summit of the Americas process in 1994. The text evaluates the effectiveness of inter-American institutions with regard to core issues of democratic governance, security, trade, and economic development. |
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... foreign direct investment , which introduces capital - intensive technologies . The tim- ing of the increases in inequality in Latin America , which have been spaced out from the mid - 1970s on , tends to match the timing of trade ...
... foreign direct investment , which introduces capital - intensive technologies . The tim- ing of the increases in inequality in Latin America , which have been spaced out from the mid - 1970s on , tends to match the timing of trade ...
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... Foreign direct investment ( FDI ) can be beneficial ( as when it facil- itates a big increase in exports ) but is sometimes harmful to employment or in other ways , so the optimal strategy involves selection and attraction of the ...
... Foreign direct investment ( FDI ) can be beneficial ( as when it facil- itates a big increase in exports ) but is sometimes harmful to employment or in other ways , so the optimal strategy involves selection and attraction of the ...
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... foreign investment ( both foreign direct investment and portfolio capital ) , rather than aid as the key way to promote growth and poverty reduction , was enshrined in the Washington consensus of the early 1980s , with the US Treasury ...
... foreign investment ( both foreign direct investment and portfolio capital ) , rather than aid as the key way to promote growth and poverty reduction , was enshrined in the Washington consensus of the early 1980s , with the US Treasury ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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