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Export Assembly Operations in Mexico and the Caribbean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gregory K. Schoepfle  and
Jorge F. Pérez-López
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Faced with limited opportunities for their primary-product exports, many developing countries have sought new strategies to develop manufactured products for export. Often lacking the necessary infrastructure for industrialization but possessing abundant labor resources, some developing economies have attempted to attract investment through assembly operations that promote domestic employment, exports, and local development.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , Winter 1989 , pp. 131 - 162
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Copyright © University of Miami 1989

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