Governments of the ECLAC region have promulgated labour regimes which support port workers' desire for stable wages and job security, isolate them from market signals and create cargo-handling monopolies. The advent of a global economy, the introduction of export-led growth policies, the acquisition of advanced cargo-handling equipment and electronic information systems, and the participation of private interests in the offer of port services permit enterprises to compare, purchase and employ raw materials, labour and service inputs worldwide, and have transformed the traditional concept …
En este artículo se analizan las principales manifestaciones del proceso de globalización y sus repercusiones en la reestructuración de los mercados energéticos. Se señala que las reformas que vienen emprendiendo los países de la región coinciden con la vigencia de un paradigma económico de proyecciones mundiales que asigna gran prioridad a la apertura y/o privatización de los servicios públicos, lo que impulsaría nuevos esquemas de ahorro-inversión basados en la mayor estabilidad relativa de las rentas energéticas. La introducción de la competencia, cuando las características y dimensión de l…
This article analyses the main manifestations of the globalization process and its implications in terms of the restructuring of energy markets. The reforms now being undertaken by the countries of the region are being pursued within the context of an economic paradigm with ramifications at the international level which assigns high priority to the liberalization and/or privatization of public utilities, and this, in turn, can be expected to engender new savigs/investment strategies based on the relatively more stable nature of income flows from energy activities. The introduction of competiti…
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