Nature, Development, and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources

Latin America's enormous endowment of natural resources impacts many countries of the region. Economic liberalization in several countries was followed by rapid growth of foreign investment and exports of natural resource-intensive products. Growth of labor-intensive manufacturing industries was much more modest. What does increased reliance upon natural resource-based industries mean for development prospects, and for the distribution of income.

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Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Michael Gavin
Format: Working Papers biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Environment and Natural Resource, Economy, WP-378,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011569
https://publications.iadb.org/en/nature-development-and-distribution-latin-america-evidence-role-geography-climate-and-natural
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spelling dig-bid-node-119502024-05-30T20:30:06ZNature, Development, and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources 1998-08-01T00:00:00+0000 http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011569 https://publications.iadb.org/en/nature-development-and-distribution-latin-america-evidence-role-geography-climate-and-natural Inter-American Development Bank Environment and Natural Resource Economy WP-378 Latin America's enormous endowment of natural resources impacts many countries of the region. Economic liberalization in several countries was followed by rapid growth of foreign investment and exports of natural resource-intensive products. Growth of labor-intensive manufacturing industries was much more modest. What does increased reliance upon natural resource-based industries mean for development prospects, and for the distribution of income. Inter-American Development Bank Michael Gavin Ricardo Hausmann Working Papers application/pdf IDB Publications The Caribbean Central America South America en
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Nature, Development, and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources
description Latin America's enormous endowment of natural resources impacts many countries of the region. Economic liberalization in several countries was followed by rapid growth of foreign investment and exports of natural resource-intensive products. Growth of labor-intensive manufacturing industries was much more modest. What does increased reliance upon natural resource-based industries mean for development prospects, and for the distribution of income.
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title Nature, Development, and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources
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