The in-bond assembly industry and technical change

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cepal.callNumberX/C 22(67/99)
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cepal.idSade20161
cepal.topicEngPRODUCTIVITY
cepal.topicSpaPRODUCTIVIDAD
dc.contributor.authorBuitelaar, Rudolf
dc.contributor.authorUrrutia, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorPadilla, Ramón
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.coverage.spatialEngCENTRAL AMERICA
dc.coverage.spatialEngMEXICO
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAMERICA CENTRAL
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBE
dc.coverage.spatialSpaMEXICO
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T18:42:20Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T18:42:20Z
dc.date.issued1999-04
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractThis article analyses the export offensive made by Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean countries since the mid-1980s. Notwithstanding the differences between them, in all the countries in question this offensive has been aimed mainly at the United States market, has been stimulated by import tariff privileges and other incentives, and has been based on poorly-paid assembly operations: i.e., it involves the in-bond assembly or "maquila" industries. This study seeks to determine whether these industries contribute to local technological development. The answer, based on a questionnaire sent to 75 maquila firms in six countries, must be "yes". The maquila industry uses production techniques close to the best international practices: something matched only in a very few domestic manufacturing firms. Moreover, the maquila industries help in training human resources and introducing modern concepts of organization and management. Furthermore they make intensive use of unskilled labour. Consequently, in order to progress towards sustainable development with social equity it would appear to be necessary to turn the maquila industry into an increasingly competitive activity by increasing its productivity and the added value of its products. The evolution of maquila industries in the direction of activities using a more highly skilled labour force is perfectly possible, as the case of Mexico shows, and it will become unavoidable when pressures on the labour market cause real wages to rise, as in Costa Rica. This will not happen automatically, however, and even less so in countries that lack institutions to support that process.
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dc.format.extentpáginas. 137-156
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/G.2055-P
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/10681
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescriptionp. 137-156
dc.relation.isPartOfCEPAL Review
dc.relation.isPartOfNo67
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesCEPAL Review
dc.subject.unbisEngCOMPETITION
dc.subject.unbisEngEXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES
dc.subject.unbisEngLABOUR MARKET
dc.subject.unbisEngTRAINING PROGRAMMES
dc.subject.unbisEngPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject.unbisEngTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject.unbisEngTRADE PREFERENCES
dc.subject.unbisEngWAGES
dc.subject.unbisSpaCAMBIO TECNOLOGICO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPROGRAMAS DE CAPACITACION
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOMPETENCIA
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDUSTRIAS DE EXPORTACION
dc.subject.unbisSpaMERCADO DE TRABAJO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPREFERENCIAS COMERCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaPRODUCTIVIDAD
dc.subject.unbisSpaSALARIOS
dc.titleThe in-bond assembly industry and technical change
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