Crisis On The Rio Grande: Poverty, Unemployment, And Economic Development On The Texas-mexico Border

by Dianne C. Betts

Overview

With the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) looming large and imminent, the authors of this book explore the socio-economic fabric of the U.S.-Mexico border region as a measure of NAFTA’s future. Crisis on the Rio Grande presents the social and economic history, as well as the potential, of the Lower Rio Grande Valley on the Texas-Mexico border. The authors discuss issues of poverty, colonias, the maquiladora industry, border migration, and NAFTA’s potential impact on the economy, infrastructure, and environment of the border region. This timely study will interest economists, policy analysts, U.S.-Mexico border region specialists, and students of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367016777
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/07/2019
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dianne C. Betts

Table of Contents

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