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Research funded by the project Impact of Economic and Trade Liberalization in Latin America and the Caribbean

Module 1: The Effects of Liberalization on Trade and Investment

Financial Market Development and Growth in Latin America and East Asia
Varouj Aivazian, University of Toronto
Walid Hejazi, University of Toronto

Does Exporting Improve Plant Performance in Developing Countries?
Alberto Isgut, Wesleyan University

The Complementarity Between US FDI and Trade with Latin America
Walid Hejazi, University of Toronto
Edward Safarian, University of Toronto

Module 2: Economic Liberalization and Industrial Restructuring in LAC Countries

The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Dynamics of the SMEs in Colombia
Miguel Cabal, Universidad de Los Andes

SME Performance under Trade Liberalization, Adjustment, and Crisis in Ecuador
Carlos Larrea, FLACSO-Ecuador

Size-Structure of Manufacturing Establishments and the Productivity Differentials Between Large and Small Firms: A Comparative Study of Asian Economies
Dipak Mazumdar, University of Toronto

The Behaviour of SMEs in the 1990s in Argentina
Darío Milesi, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento

The Dynamics of the SME Sector in Chile after 20 Years of TradeLiberalization
Carola Moreno, Universidad de Chile
Hernán Román, Universidad de Chile

Learning and Adaptation to the Economic Opening by Mexican SMEs
Clemente Ruiz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Medium Size Firms and Economic Liberalization: Mexico in the 1990’s
Eduardo Zepeda, Universidad de Coahuila, Mexico
Gustavo Felix, Universidad de Coahuila, Mexico

Module 3: Restructuring, Labour Markets, Income Distribution, and Poverty

The Impact of Economic Restructuring and Trade Reform on the Labour Markets, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Mexico
Diana Alarcón, COLEF, Mexico and American University
Terry McKinley, UNDP

The Impact of Liberalization on the Jamaican Labour Market
Sudhanshu Handa, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Damien King, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Economic Policy, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Paraguay
Gustavo Indart, University of Toronto

Labour Market Impacts of Labour Reforms
Adriana Marshall, IDES-CONICET, Argentina