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Mexico's Recent Science and Technology Planning: An Outsider Economist's Critique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Dilmus D. James
Dilmus D. James*
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University of Texas at El Paso
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There are a number of reasons why Mexico attracts students of economic development. Boasting an impressive rate of economic growth that has been sustained for four decades, yet plagued with discouraging and mounting problems of surplus labor and maldistribution of income, Mexico is one of the prime cases that has sparked the discussion over the distinctions between “economic growth” and “economic development.” Furthermore, Mexico affords a classic test of the validity of some dependency writers’ claim that periphery countries’ subjugation to external control varies directly with the length and intensity of contact with center nations (Frank, 1972: 10). The sudden revelation of Mexico's potential as an energy supplier, the growing concern with the magnitude and consequences of illegal Mexican migration to the United States, and the increasing recognition of the uniqueness and importance of the Mexico-U.S. border economy add further appeal for economists, political scientists, and sociologists.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , May 1980 , pp. 163 - 193
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Copyright © University of Miami 1980

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