Publication: Globalization and Development : A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective
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2003-09
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2013-07-22
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This book is organized as follows: Chapter 1) Globalization: a Historical, Multidimensional - Perspective. Chapter 2) International Trade and the New Global Production - Structure. Chapter 3) The International Mobility of Capital and Labor. Chapter 4) Inequalities and Asymmetries in the Global Order. Chapter 5) An Agenda for the Global Era
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“Ocampo, José Antonio; Martin, Juan. Ocampo, José Antonio; Martin, Juan, editors. 2003. Globalization and Development : A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective. Latin American Development Forum;. © United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14455 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.”
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