Quality of Latin American and Caribbean industralization and integration into the global economy
- SantiagoCL CEPAL 2009
- 75 p.
Opines that despite an increase of manufacturing activity in Latin America and the Caribbean, the growth in value-added generated by exports of manufactures has been disappointing in most cases. Suggests that in order to harness trade as a driving force of growth not only for the manufacturing sector but also natural resource-based ones and services, Latin America and the Caribbean should adopt more proactive, forward-looking natural policies, concurrent with the rapidly changing world marketplace under a strong alliance between the public and private sectors.