GY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neoliberalism, Remittance, Megacity
12 Sep 2016
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Mercosur the southern common market, established in 1991, which calls for free trade among member states and common eternal tariffs for nonmember states. Central american free trade association: a trade agreement between the us and. Guatemala, el salvador, nicaragua, honduras, costa rica, and the dominican. Republic to reduce tariffs and increase trade between member countries. Neotropics tropical ecosystems of the americas that evolved in relative isolation and support diverse and unique flora and fauna. Agrarian reform a popular but controversial strategy to redistribute land to peasant farmers. Altiplano the largest intermontane plateau in the andes, which straddles peru and. Bolivia and ranges in elevation from 10,000 to 13,000 feet. Altitudinal zonation: the relationship between elevation, temperature, and chanes in vegetation that result from the environmental lapse of rate. Bolsa familia: this is a brazilian conditional cash transfer program created to reduce extreme poverty. Dependency theory: a popular theory to explain patterns of economic development in latin america.
