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The Insertion of Rural Areas into Global Markets: A Comparison of Garment Production in Yucatán and La Laguna, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2003

ROBINE VAN DOOREN  and
GERMÁN A. ZÁRATE-HOYOS
ROBINE VAN DOOREN
Affiliation:
Utrecht University.
GERMÁN A. ZÁRATE-HOYOS
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Cortland, and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.
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Abstract

This article examines the recent trends in extending the global garment production process to the rural areas of the Laguna region and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. As these remote regions are incorporated into global markets, several similar patterns and rationale are found behind the policies followed by state governments to attract these types of enterprises. The implications for regional economic development are also discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , August 2003 , pp. 571 - 592
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

The authors are grateful for the funding for this study provided by the Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO), and to PROTROPICO at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte for their institutional support. The authors would also like to thank the anonymous referees of JLAS for their valuable suggestions.