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Globalization and the Human Development Trap

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The feeble results of liberalization policies in Latin America are explained in terms of a multiple steady state model including a dynamic human development trap, endogenous technological change, technology transfer and trade. Divergent and convergent steady states, with and without a human development trap, exist under both autarchy and free trade. The model explains why import substitution is inferior to export promotion. While globalization is a necessary condition for convergence to development, it is not sufficient.

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  • David Mayer-Foulkes, 2007. "Globalization and the Human Development Trap," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2007-64, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:rp2007-64
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    1. Mayer-Foulkes, David, 2008. "The Human Development Trap in Mexico," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(5), pages 775-796, May.
    2. Ronny Correa-Quezada & Diego Fernando García-Vélez & María de la Cruz Del Río-Rama & José Álvarez-García, 2018. "Poverty Traps in the Municipalities of Ecuador: Empirical Evidence," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-18, November.
    3. David Mayer-Foulkes, 2008. "Economic Geography of Human Development: Stratified Growth in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Peru," Working papers DTE 436, CIDE, División de Economía.
    4. Rodríguez-Benavides, Domingo & Mendoza-González, Miguel Ángel & Venegas-Martínez, Francisco, 2014. "¿Realmente existe convergencia regional en México? Un modelo no lineal de datos panel TAR [Is There Really Regional Convergence in Mexico? A Non-linear Panel-Data TAR Model]," MPRA Paper 56874, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Sapkota, Jeet Bahadur, 2011. "Impacts of globalization on quality of life: evidence from developing countries," MPRA Paper 37506, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Hashemizadeh, Ali & Bui, Quocviet & Zaidi, Syed Anees Haider, 2022. "A blend of renewable and nonrenewable energy consumption in G-7 countries: The role of disaggregate energy in human development," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).
    7. David Mayer-Foulkes, 2012. "FDI, Polarized Globalization, and the Current Crisis," DEGIT Conference Papers c017_052, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade.

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