1st Edition
Crisis On The Rio Grande Poverty, Unemployment, And Economic Development On The Texas-mexico Border
By Dianne C. Betts
Copyright 1994
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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With the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) looming large and imminent, this book explores the socio-economic fabric of the U.S.-Mexico border region as a measure of NAFTA's future. It presents the social and economic history of the Lower Rio Grande Valley on the Texas-Mexico border. .
Introduction -- An Overview of Demographic and Socio-economic Conditions in the Lower Rio Grande Valley -- The Measurement and Analysis of Poverty -- Colonias and Economic Development -- The Maquiladora Industry and Economic Development -- Border Migration and Economic Development -- NAFTA and the Economy of the Lower Rio Grande Valley -- Problems and Prospects: A Summary
Biography
Dianne C. Betts
