UID:
almafu_9958084579802883
Format:
1 online resource(pages cm).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4648-0569-5
Series Statement:
Directions in development
Content:
For Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic; ""Central America free trade agreement (CAFTA-DR) has been more than a trade agreement. Costa Rica has used trade liberalization and promotion of international trade as a core development strategy for decades. CAFTA-DR consolidated benefits that had previously been unilaterally extended under the Caribbean Basin Initiative into a multilateral free trade agreement, providing a more stable environment for trade relationships. Beyond just being a trade agreement, CAFTA-DR opened up state monopolies in telecommunications and insurance, which polarized
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Overview; Trade and FDI Patterns; The High-Tech Sector: FDI and Export Performance; Insurance: The End of a Monopoly and a New Beginning for a Market; Telecommunications and the End of Another Monopoly; Intellectual Property Rights in CAFTA-DR and the Link to Pharmaceuticals in Costa Rica; Chapter 1 The Context of CAFTA-DR in Costa Rica; Introduction; CAFTA-DR in Historical Context; Economic Arguments for and against CAFTA-DR at the Time of Ratification; Legal and Regulatory Changes with CAFTA-DR
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Trade and FDI Patterns with CAFTA-DR Figures; Figure 1.1 Costa Rican Exports (FOB) to the United States, 2002-12; Figure 1.2 U.S. Imports (CIF) from CAFTA-DR Countries, 1980-2012; Figure 1.3 Costa Rican Quarterly Exports to the United States, 1997-2012; Figure 1.4 Costa Rican Quarterly Imports from the United States, 1997-2012; Figure 1.5 Composition of Total Exports of Cost a African Goods (FOB), 1997-2013; Tables; Table 1.1 Top Export Products, Percentage of Total Exports, 2003-12; Figure 1.6 Costa Rican Export Concentration Index of Agricultural Goods Relative to World Average, 1994-2011
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Figure 1.7 FDI Inflows to Costa Rica by Country of Origin, 1997-2012 Notes; Figure 1.8 FDI Inflows to Costa Rica by Sector, 2004 versus 2012; References; Chapter 2 CAFTA-DR and the High-Tech Sector: FDI and Export Performance; Introduction; The Impacts of FTAs on FDI and Exports in Costa Rica's High-Tech Sector; CAFTA-DR and FDI in the High-Tech Sector: Evidence from Secondary Data; Figure 2.1 Net FDI Inflows, 2000-11; Figure 2.2 FDI Inflows by Country of Origin; Figure 2.3 Number of MNCs in High-Tech Sectors; CAFTA-DR and Exports in the High-Tech Sector: Evidence from Secondary Data
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Figure 2.4 Average FDI Inflows in High-Tech Sector Figure 2.5 Costa Rica's Exports and Imports of Goods and Services, 1990-2011; Figure 2.6 Exports of Costa Rica's FTZs, 2002-12; Figure 2.7 Exports of High-Tech and Low-Tech Sectors of Costa Rica, 2004-12; Figure 2.8 Exports of Costa Rica to the United States by Sector, 2002-12; CAFTA-DR, FDI, and MNC Performance in the High-Tech Sector: Findings from Online Surveys; Box 2.1 Survey of Multinational Companies in High-Tech Sectors; Figure 2.9 High-Tech Sector Exports in Costa Rica, 2000-11
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Figure 2.10 Number of Surveyed Firms by Product Line of First Investment Boxes; Figure 2.11 Top Three Reasons for Last Investment in Costa Rica by Product Line of Last Investment; Table 2.1 Responses: How CAFTA-DR Impacted Firm Performance, Percentage of Surveyed Firms; CAFTA-DR, FDI, and Exports in the High-Tech Sector: Findings from Structured Interviews; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Insurance: The End of a Monopoly, and a New Beginning for a Market; Introduction and Summary; Legislative Change; Market Dynamics; Table 3.1 Trends in Market Size and Development
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Figure 3.1 Explaining Non-Life Insurance Penetration Trends
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4648-0568-7
Language:
English
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