Manufactured exports from small Latin American economies
The challenges ahead
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11650424 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rudolf Buitelaar, Rudolf M Buitelaar, Pitou Van Dijck |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 1997 |
| Issue | 61 |
| Pages | 91-105 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | CEPAL review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0251-2920 • E-ISSN: 1684-0348 |
| Publisher | United Nations Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.18356/45fa5a66-en |
| OpenAlex | W745001729 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article explores the challenges that small, less industrialized Latin American countries face in achieving sustained growth of manufactured exports. The improvement of export performance was one of the aims of the policy reforms adopted since the 1980s in line with the so-called Washington Consensus. The economic environment for manufacturing firms improved significantly, and growth of industrial production and exports was stimulated. Nevertheless, the manufacturing sector has not yet become a major engine of growth, and industrial exports have only recently started to increase. Moreover, manufactured exports depend to a high degree on strategies of foreign firms and arc mainly concentrated in relatively less dynamic sectors of world trade. Notwithstanding the broadness and comprehensiveness of the Washington Consensus, additional measures are needed in order to achieve the systemic competitiveness of manufacturing industries
Business · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Industrial production · International economics · International trade · Latin Americans · Macroeconomics · Manufacturing sector · Order (exchange · Political science · Production (economics · Global trade and economics · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |