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Publication Date
3-19-2009
Description
A street vendo r selling electronic gadgets and toys, produced locally in the free zone or smuggled from abroad. Most of the capital intensive industrialized goods produced are for domestic consumption, though certain items are also exported. Unfortunately, many of the factories are mere assembly lines and many companies prefer simply to import and resell goods. This has greatly limited the anticipated benefits of the free zone. In particular it has not led to the development of a skilled labor force.Vendedor de rua vendendo aparelhos e brinquedos eletrónicos, produzidos localmente na zona franca ou contrabandeados do exterior. A maior parte das mercadorias aí produzidas são para consumo doméstico, embora alguns itens sejam também exportados. Infelizmente muitas das fábricas são meramente para montagem e muitas companhias preferem simplesmente importar e revender mercadorias. Isto tem limitado grandemente os benefícios que se esperava da zona franca. Em particular, não tem levado a região ao desenvolvimento de uma força de trabalho especializada.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1994
Keywords
Brazil: Belem Manaus
