Labour costs and competitiveness in the Latin American manufacturing sector, 1990-1998

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An econometric analysis of private-sector investment in Brazil

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NAFTA and the loss of US market share by Brazil, 1992-2001

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Regional integration and macroeconomic coordination in Latin America

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Growth, competitiveness and employment in Peru, 1990-2003

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The dynamic of employment in Chilean industry

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The Argentine labour market in a financially globalized world

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Import substitution in Brazil between 1995 and 2000

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The sustainability of monetary sterilization policies

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The dynamics of Mexican manufacturing exports

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Macroeconomy for development: countercyclical policies and production sector transformation

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Maquila, currency misalignment and export-led growth in Mexico

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The economics of demand-led growth: theory and evidence for Brazil

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Effects of intensification of the amazon river prawn, macrobrachium amazonicum, grow-out on effluent quality

Studies to determine suitable levels of intensification are essential for developing sustainable aquaculture. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of effluents discharged from ponds stocked with 10 (D10), 20 (D20), 40 (D40), and 80 (D80) postlarvae of Macrobrachium amazonicum/m2. Intake and effluent water samples were taken throughout a 5.5-mo grow-out cycle. In that study, twelve 0.01-ha earthen ponds were stocked postlarvae with 0.01g. Average water exchange rate was 15%/d; water was discharged from the bottom of the ponds. Prawns were fed a commercial feed with 38% crude protein according to their biomass (3-10%) and the concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO). In our research, temperature, turbidity, total suspended solids, conductivity, DO, pH, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), N-ammonia, N-nitrite, N-nitrate, N-Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, and soluble orthophosphate were measured every 15d throughout the experiment in the early morning (0630 to 0730h). Turbidity was lower in D10 than in D20 and D40 and total phosphorus was higher in D80 than in D10 and D20. An analysis of principal components comparing treatments and intake water showed three groups: intake, D10 and a cluster of D20, D40, and D80. On the basis of the water characteristics found in our study it appears that the farming of M. amazonicum is likely to have a low environmental impact, at least up to a stocking density of 80prawns/m2. © by the World Aquaculture Society 2013.

Structural change and productivity growth 20 years later: old problems, new opportunities. Summary

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