Preface

1. Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: In Search of an Integrated Approach

Part I: Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Natural-Resource-Intensive Sectors

2. The Development of the Dairy Cluster in Boaco and Chontales, Nicaragua

3. Upgrading without Exclusion: Lessons from SMEs in Fresh Fruit Producing Clusters in Brazil

4. The Salmon Farming and Processing Cluster in Southern Chile

Part II: Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Furniture, Metalworking, and Software Sectors

5. The Segusino Cluster: Boom and Bust in Furniture Exports

6. Local Production and Innovation Systems in Brazil: The Metalworking Cluster in Espirtu Santo

7. Value Chains and Software Clusters in Mexico

Part III: Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains:: Methodological Approaches in Measurement and Policy Support

8. Upgrading in International Trade: Methods and Evidence from Selected Sectors in Latin America

9. Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Latin American Clusters

10. Supporting Enterprise Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America

Carlo Pietrobelli is Professor of International Economics at the University of Rome III.

Roberta Rabellotti is Professor of Economics at the Università del Piemonte Orientale.