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Author:   Edmund Amann (Professor of Brazilian Studies, Professor of Brazilian Studies, Leiden University) ,  Paulo N. Figueiredo (Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, Getúlio Vargas Foundation)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 22.40cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 15.00cm
Weight:   0.839kg
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9780197648070

ISBN 10:   019764807
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   19 June 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Section I: Introduction and Context Chapter 1: Introduction -Edmund Amann and Paulo N. Figueiredo Section II: Thematic Issues Chapter 2: Institutional Challenges, the Middle-Income Trap, and the Pursuit of Global Economic Integration in Latin America -Mahrukh Doctor Chapter 3: China and the ""Middle-Income Trap"" in Latin America: Constraints and Opportunities -Rhys Jenkins Chapter 4: Development, Trajectories, and Catch Up: Lessons from the Latin American and Scandinavian Experiences -Claudio Bravo-Ortega and Nicolas Eterovic Chapter 5: The Co-Evolution of FDI and the Output and Export Structures of Brazil and Mexico, 2000-2015 -André Pineli and Rajneesh Narula Chapter 6: Global Value Chain-Oriented Policies in Latin America -Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti, and Ari Van Assche Chapter 7: Innovation and Competitiveness: The Regional Dimension -Carlos Azzoni and Milene Tessarin Chapter 8: The Extractive Sector and Development in Latin America: The Rising Role of Transparency in Natural Resource Governance -P. Fenton Villar, E. Papyrakis, and L. Pellegrini Chapter 9: Environmental, Energy, and Sustainability Issues -Tereza Bicalho, Rodrigo A. Bellezoni, and Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira Chapter 10: Energy Transition in Brazil: Contributions from Technological Leapfrogging in the Sugarcane Bioethanol Sector -Paulo N. Figueiredo Chapter 11: Digitalisation in Latin America: A Divide in the Making? -João Carlos Ferraz, Julia Torracca, Gabriela Arona, and Wilson Peres Section III: Country Experiences Chapter 12: Argentina: Building New Capabilities and Competitive Advantages in a Challenging Macroeconomic Landscape -Bernardo Kosacoff and Mariana Fuchs Chapter 13: Brazil: Economic Crisis, Structural Change, and Breaking out of the Middle-Income Trap -Edmund Amann Chapter 14: Colombia's Growth since the 1990s: From Reform to the Risk of the Middle-Income Trap -Ivan Luzardo-Luna Chapter 15: Moving up the Value Chain in Mexico: FDI, Learning, Clusters and the Creation of New Capabilities -Clemente Ruiz Durán and Moises Balestro Chapter 16: Peru and the Search for a Development Model that Works -John Crabtree Chapter 17: Uruguay: Public Policies in a Period of Inclusive Growth without Structural Change -Carlos Bianchi and Fernando Isabella Chapter 18: Costa Rica: The Challenge of Diversification in a Small Country Context -Jeffrey Orozco and Keynor Ruiz Section IV: Final Remarks Chapter 19: Conclusions -Edmund Amann and Paulo N. Figueiredo Notes Idex"

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Edmund Amann is Professor of Brazilian Studies at Leiden University and Visiting Professorial Lecturer in the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. His research centers on regulation, innovation, and foreign direct investment in a developing country context, particularly Latin America and especially Brazil. He has published a wide range of books and journal articles and was author of the Economist Intelligence Unit's Brazil Country Report. Paulo N. Figueiredo is Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation in Brazil. Figueiredo's research focuses on the process of technological capability building at the level of firms and industries and considers its causes and consequences for industrial innovation and economic growth in developing economies. He is also Senior Research Associate at the Department of International Development at University of Oxford.

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