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Dragonomics : how Latin America is maximizing (or missing out on) China's international development strategy

Carol Wise (Author)
This book explores the impact of Chinese growth on Latin America since the early 2000s. Roughly twenty years ago, Chinese entrepreneurs headed to the Western Hemisphere in search of profits and commodities, specifically those that China lacked and that some Latin American countries held in abundance - copper, iron ore, crude oil, soybeans, and fish meal. Focusing largely on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru, Carol Wise traces the evolution of political and economic ties between China and these countries and analyzes how success has varied by sector, project, and country. She also assesses the costs and benefits of Latin America's recent pivot toward Asia. Wise argues that while opportunities for closer economic integration with China are seemingly infinite, so are the risks, and contends that the best outcomes have stemmed from endeavors where the rule of law, regulatory oversight, and a clear strategy exist on the Latin American side
Print Book, English, 2020
Yale University Press, New Haven, 2020
xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780300224092, 0300224095
1112898947
Debating the new terrain
Dragonomics: an internationalized development strategy
A slow thaw across the Pacific: from Socialist Revolution to pragmatic reform
From state to market: a fork in the reform road
Making openness work: Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru
An institutional resource curse in Argentina and Brazil
ratcheting down the industrial ladder in Mexico
Latin America's pivot toward Asia