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Globalization in Mexico
INR 310
Dr. SoborskiPresentation by Genesis Rivas
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Globalization
Definition used for this particular presentation:
Globalization: A Preliminary Definition
an unprecedented compression of time and space reflected
in the tremendous intensification of social, political,economic, and cultural interconnections and
interdependencies on a global scale.
deterritorialization and supraterritoriality
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Economically
Mexico becomes a part of NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
The opening of trade between North American
countries
Has this helped or hindered Mexico?
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How to measure success:
Wrong way to measure economic effects:
Measuring economic effects or by comparing
Mexican growth before and after are not
appropriate.
Proper way to measure economic effects:
Increased efficiency and productivity resulting
from specialization in production, trade,investments, and competition
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Has NAFTA helped?
Year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Aver.
Gro.
Total 29.4 27.2 22.0 28.0 30.8 35.3 41.0 42.9 46.2 51.9 5.5%
To US 18.1 19.1 17.7 20.3 23.3 27.1 30.5 31.5 35.6 40.4 7.6%
Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Aver.
Gro.
Total 60.9 79.5 96.0 117.5 116.4 158.5 160.7 165.4 188.0 213.7 9.3%
To US 50.1 62.9 75.1 95.4 136.8 132.2 135.2 139.0 157.1 172.1 9.2%
MexicosE
xports, 1984-1993 and 1994-2005 (in Billions of Dollars)
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Politically
Former President Zedillo fully supports the
globalization and opening of Mexico
Supported free trade Westernization of Mexico
Trade improves labor conditions
With time unfair pay and worker rights will increase
Exports reduce polluter jobs
Economic integration tends to improve, not worsen the
environment
Slow poverty
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In every case in which a poor nationsignificantly overcame its economic
backwardness during the last century, the
solution involved production for exportmarkets and opening to an influx of foreign
goods, investments and technology. o Former President Zedillo (2000)
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President Felipe Calderon
With the spread of representative democracy
came a reign of violence
Violent deaths in Mexico doubled to just over 7k
March 2010 drug cartel gunmen assassinated U.S.
consulate staff employees and their spouses in the
presence of their children as they left a consulate
event.
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Even with the improvement in Mexicoseconomy as a whole the distribution of wealthhigh unemployment rate, and slow rate of
growth of its GDP keep Mexico unstable
Although Mexico Citys homicide rate today isabout on par with Los Angeles and less than athird of DCs.
In the past 10 years Mexicos homicide overallhas decreased.
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We are like those women who arent
overweight, but when they look in
the mirror, they think theyre fat. Weare an unsafe country, but we think
we are much more unsafe than we
really are. Luis de la Barreda
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Public education and health indicators
From 2001 to 2008 students enrolled in public
education has increased from 25 million to
nearly 30 million
Infant mortality rate has gone from 40% per
100 births in 1990 to 15% in 2008
Simultaneously, life expectancy has gone from
70 to 75 from 1990 to 2008
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Westernization of Culture
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Bibliography
Nava, Juan P. Mexico: Failing State or Emerging Democracy? (2011) Military
Review, U.S. Army,
Salvatore, Dominick, Economic Effects of NAFTA on Mexico (2007) The Global
Economy Journal- Volume 7, Issue 1, Article 1. Fordham University, New York,
Berkeley Electronic Press.
Zedillo, Ernesto. Globalization and the Opening of Mexico. (2000) From the Front
Lines. Number One 2000- ECONOMIC REFORM TODAY. President Zedillos speech
given at the US Chamber of Commerce and at the Center for International Private
Enterprise.