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Natural resources and primary sector-dependent territories in Latin America

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: A renewed discussion about the problems associated with the productive and commercial specialization of Latin American countries in the export of commodities (agricultural, mining and energy) and raw materials to developed countries is important due to certain characteristics of the contemporary era, namely: the productive offshoring of large industrial corporations and the associated logic of ‘butterfly capital’; the rise and crisis in particular of financialized capitalism; the scientific–technological revolution based on information and communications technologies; the leadership of new players in world trade with the expansion of demand from Asian countries and particularly from China; and the rise in commodity prices.

Source: Area Development and Policy

DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2018.1431555

Authors: Silvia Gorenstein, Ricardo Ortiz

Institutions: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Language: English

Topic: Natural Resources and Economic Development

Subfield: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Commission, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica