Description
Book SynopsisExamine the changing nature of foreign investments in Latin America!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 countriesâ experiences with FDI in that decade. These include Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.Spending on environmental projects is on the rise, and Latin American nations are at the forefront of this financial whirlwind in the developing world. Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Its Changing Nature at the Turn of the Century examines the difficulties of assessing environmental investments. It analyzes the role of international capital in Latin-American environmental issues and discusses the major p
Table of Contents
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America in the 1990s: Old Patterns, New Trends, and Emerging Issues
- FDI in Argentina During the 1990s
- Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico and Chile: A Critical Appraisal
- Foreign Direct Investment in the Age of Globalization: The Case of Brazil
- The Increased Role of Foreign Capital in the Peruvian Financial System: 1990-1998
- Internationalization of Capital in a Small and Vulnerable Economy: The Case of Ecuador
- Paraguay: Output Growth and Foreign Investment
- Foreign Direct Investment in Central America: A Comparative History of Incentives, Local-Economy Linkages, and Payment Flows
- International Capital and the Environment in Latin America: Preparing for the Next Century
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
