Lessons from NAFTA for Latin America and the Caribbean

Lederman, Daniel ; Maloney, William F. ; Servé ; n, Luis

Palo Alto, CA:Stanford University Press

关键词: ACCOUNTING;    AGGREGATE VOLATILITY;    AGRICULTURAL INCOME SUBSIDIES;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/0-8213-5813-8
RP-ID  :  34435

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Analyzing the experience of Mexico underthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),"Lessons from NAFTA" aims to provide guidance toLatin American and Caribbean countries considering freetrade agreements with the United States. The authorsconclude that the treaty raised external trade and foreigninvestment inflows and had a modest effect on Mexico'saverage income per person. It is likely that the treaty alsohelped achieve a modest reduction in poverty and animprovement in job quality.