Natural resources and primary sector-dependent territories in Latin America

ORTIZ, RICARDO; GORENSTEIN, SILVIA

Area Development and Policy

Routdlege

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2018 p. 1 - 18

2379-2949

A renewed discussion about the problems associated with the productive and commercial specialization ofLatin American countries in the export of commodities (agricultural, mining and energy) and raw materials todeveloped countries is important due to certain characteristics of the contemporary era, namely: the productiveoffshoring of large industrial corporations and the associated logic of ?butterfly capital?; the rise and crisis inparticular of financialized capitalism; the scientific?technological revolution based on information and communicationstechnologies; the leadership of new players in world trade with the expansion of demand fromAsian countries and particularly from China; and the rise in commodity prices