REU2006: Globalization and
Sustainable Development in Latin America
Reading Materials
Map of Yucatán
Map of study area
All Participants
1. Babbie, E. 1992. The
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2. Biles, J.J. 2006. Globalization of Food Retailing and the
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3. Biles, J.J. et al. Walmartization of
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Agricultural Producers. Environment
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4. Casley, D.J. and K. Kumar. 1988. The Collection, Analysis, and Use of
Monitoring and Evaluation Data. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
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Housing Deprivation
10. Bazant, J. 2003. Viviendas
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11. Consejo Nacional de Población. 2002. Indice de Marginación Urbana.
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14. Swyngedouw, E. 1995. The
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Formal/Informal
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15. Biles, J.J. Globalization
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Sectors. Journal of Latin
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16. Biles, J.J. 2005. Globalization of Banking and Local Access
to Financial Resources: A Case Study from Southeastern Mexico.
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159-173.
17. Biles, J.J. 2004. Export-oriented Industrialization and
Regional Development: A Case Study of Maquiladora Production in
Yucatán, Mexico, Regional
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18. Isard, W. et al. 1998. Methods of
Interregional and Regional Analysis. Aldershot: Ashgate
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19. Maloney, W.F. 2004. Informality
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20. Munroe, D.K. and J.J. Biles. 2005. Regional Science, in K.
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21. Portes, A. and R. Schauffler. 1993. Competing Perspectives on the Latin
American Informal Sector. Population
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22. Sadoulet, E. and A. DeJanvry. 1995. Quantitative
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23. Thomas, J.J 1995. Surviving
in the
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24. Trejo, J. 2005. La
Ocupación en el Sector Informal, 1995-2003. Taller
12: Medición y Characterización del Empleo en las
Encuestas de Hogares. Economic Comission for Latin America and the
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