GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: North American Free Trade Agreement, International Monetary Fund, Maquiladora
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A disease carried from one host to another by an intermediate host. Vectored disease spread by mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite in their saliva and which kills approximately 150,000 children in the global periphery each month. Zones established by many countries in the periphery and semi-periphery where they offer favorable tax, regulatory, and trade arrangements to attract foreign trade investments. Zones in northern mexico with factories supplying manufactured goods to. Area where there are tax incentives and less strict environmental regulations to attract business. Agreement by canada, mexico, and us that eliminates trade barriers. The encroachment of desert conditions on moisture zones along the desert margins islands of development. Place built up by a government to attract foreign investment and has a lot of jobs. International organizations that operate outside of the formal political arena but are still influential initiatives. Program that provide small loans to poor people (mainly women) to encourage development.
