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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First , it is unlikely that many Latin American and Caribbean member states will sup- port an increase in member quotas or paying their dues in arrears , prerequi- sites for helping the OAS out of its financial crisis , so long as they ...
First , it is unlikely that many Latin American and Caribbean member states will sup- port an increase in member quotas or paying their dues in arrears , prerequi- sites for helping the OAS out of its financial crisis , so long as they ...
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recourses which has grown in recent years through the information revo- lution - have considerably increased the number of ... increase by approximately 170 percent since 1997 , while its resources have not been increased accordingly .
recourses which has grown in recent years through the information revo- lution - have considerably increased the number of ... increase by approximately 170 percent since 1997 , while its resources have not been increased accordingly .
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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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Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral Institutions |
| Editors | Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 1588265331, 9781588265333 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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