China's and India's challenge to Latin America : opportunity or threat? / edited by Daniel Lederman, Marcelo Olarreaga, and Guillermo E. Perry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Augusto de la Torre -- Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Latin Americas Response to China and India: Overview of Research Findings and Policy Implications / Daniel Lederman, Marcelo Olarreaga and Guillermo E. Perry -- Pt. II. The Growth of China and India Is Not a Zero-Sum Game for Latin America and the Caribbean: Short- And Long-Term Effects -- 2. Trade, Specialization, and Cycle Synchronization: Explaining Output Comovement Between Latin America, China, and India / Cesar Calderon -- 3. The Growth of China and India in World Trade: Opportunity Or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean? / Daniel Lederman, Marcelo Olarreaga and Isidro Soloaga -- 4. Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America During the Emergence of China and India: Stylized Facts / Javier Cravino, Daniel Lederman and Marcelo Olarreaga -- Pt. III. The Negative Impact of Chinese and Indian Competition in Some Industries and Some Regions -- 5. China and the Recent Evolution of Latin America's Manufacturing Exports / Gordon H. Hanson and Raymond Robertson -- 6. The Effect of China's Exports on Latin American Trade With Theworld / Caroline Freund and Caglar Ozden -- 7. Effects on Services Trade With the United States / Caroline Freund -- 8. Trade Liberalization and Export Variety: A Comparison of Mexico and China / Robert C. Feenstra and Hiau Looi Kee -- 9. The Impact of Trade With China and India on Argentina's Manufacturing Employment / Lucio Castro, Marcelo Olarreaga and Daniel Saslavsky -- 10. Factor Adjustment and Imports from China and India: Evidence from Uruguayan Manufacturing / Carlos Casacuberta and Nestor Gandelman.