For many countries, the acceleration of integration into the global economy and multilateral trading system provides an opportunity to access a wider range of goods and services as well as export markets, increasing their economic incomes, and improving the welfare of the citizenry. In particular, preferential trade agreements tend to increase export market access opportunities for the agro-industrial products of developing countries.
While increased market access offers many opportunities for enhancing the economic growth of exporting countries, developing countries are often unable to seize…
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La producción industrial de derivados del tomate y el cultivo del camarón son dos segmentos de la industria agroalimentaria cubana que han transitado históricamente por sendas productivas muy distintas. Si bien se trata de producciones de naturaleza muy diversa, con antecedentes, estructuras, coyunturas y perspectivas distintas, ambas ramas son representativas de una realidad heterogénea de la industria agroalimentaria cubana. En un extremo se encuentran las industrias maduras, de lento crecimiento, baja productividad, alta generación de empleo, caracterizadas por un bajo ritmo de cambio tecno…
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