Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Its Changing Nature at the Turn of the Century

by Baer; Werner

• ISBN13: 9780789014221
• ISBN10: 078901422X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-09-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Generously enhanced with easy-to-understand charts, tables, and graphs, this book covers the ins and outs of foreign direct investment in the established and emerging markets of Latin America. In addition to an overview of direct investment for the entire Latin American region in the 1990s, this valuable book examines specific countries' experiences with FDI in that decade. These include Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Finally, Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Its Changing Nature at the Turn of the Century analyzes the role of international capital in Latin-American environmental issues and discusses the major players, such as the World Bank, in international capital and the environment.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(2)
Introduction	3	(10)
Werner Baer
William R. Miles
Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America in the 1990s: Old Patterns, New Trends, and Emerging Issues	13	(20)
Melissa H. Birch
Garrett Halton
FDI in Argentina During the 1990's	33	(22)
Diego Petrecolla
Martin Lousteau
Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico and Chile: A Critical Appraisal	55	(28)
Miguel D. Ramirez
Foreign Investment in the Age of Globalization: The Case of Brazil	83	(18)
Werener Baer
Gustavo Borges Rangel
The Increased Role of Foreign Capital in the Peruvian Financial System: 1990--1998	101	(18)
Jorge Rojas
The Internationalization of Capital in a Small and Vulnerable Economy: The Case of Ecuador	119	(22)
Nader Nazmi
Paraguay: Output Growth and Foreign Investment	141	(20)
Jose Anibal Insfran Pelozo
Foreign Direct Investment in Central America: A Comparative History of Incentives, Local-Economy Linkages, and Payment Flows	161	(38)
Murray S. Simpson
International Capital and the Environment in Latin America: Preparing for the Next Century	199	(14)
Dan Biller
Index	213