Free trade agreements in Latin America since 1990: An evaluation of export diversification
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Equity in Latin America Since the 1990s
Pedro Sáinz is a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE) Chile and Instituto Brasileiro de Geografi a e Statistica (IBGE) on public information systems as well as on poverty analysis and policies. He was Director of the Economic Projections Centre and of the Statistical Division of the Economic Com...
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عنوان ژورنال: CEPAL Review
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1684-0348
DOI: 10.18356/0cc7e81b-en