PROGRAM
Venue: Centro Interamericano de Estudios
de Seguridad Social-CIESS/IMSS
Address: Calle San Ramon s/n, esquina Av.
San Jeronimo, Unidad Independencia, Mexico,
D.F.
16:00 - 20:00 Registration
VENUE (LOBBY)
17:00 - 18:30 PRSCO Executive Council Meeting
SALA DE COMISIONES
18:30 - 19:30 Welcome Cocktail Party
VENUE (LOBBY)
19:30 PRSCO Executive Council dinner (by invitation only)
Courtesy of the PRSCO Executive Secretariat.
8:00 - 9:00 Registration VENUE (LOBBY)
9:00 - 10:00 Opening ceremony (AUDITORIUM)
Distinguished Speakers:
Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Rector of UNAM
Hirotada Kohno, President of RSAI
Jose Luis Cecena, Honorary President of AMECIDER
Olga Hansberg, Coordinator of Humanities UNAM
Sam Ock Park, President of PRSCO
Salvador Rodriguez, President of AMECIDER
Yoshiro Higano, Executive Secretary of PRSCO
Jorge Serrano, Chairman of LOC
Alicia Giron, Director of IIEc-UNAM
Hector Hernandez, Director of CRIM-UNAM
Angel Bassols, Founding member of AMECIDER
A representative of the Inter-institutional Sponsors Council
10:05- 11:00 Plenary Session I
AUDITORIUM
Regions and Globalization
Keynote speaker (on behalf of AMECIDER):
Ryszard Rozga (Mexico)
Discussant: Judith I. Stallmann (USA)
Chairman: Jose Luis Cecena (Mexico)
11:15 - 13:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS I ( INTERNATIONAL)
I-1 THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL VISIONS (Lecture Hall 1)
Chairmen: Margarita Camarena and Gabriel Velazquez
Margarita Camarena, El Colegio Mexiquense, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico
A vision of networks in the Pacific Rim: Ancient and contemporary peoples. A comparative approach
Discus: L. TaylorYuzuru Miyata, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Itegrated environmental and economic accounting with ecological Interaction.-A theoretical framework
Dicus: M. MedinaGabriel Velazquez, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Frontier, subjet and nature: Development discourse limits
Discus: G. Cohen
I-2 WAGES AND (UN) EMPLOYMENT: MULTI-REGIONAL ANALYSIS (Lecture Hall 2)
Chairmen: Jacques Poot and Thomas de Graaff
Jacques Poot, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Wages and unemployment: a meta-analysis of research on the wage curve in regional labour markets
Discus: J. MendozaJohn Madden, University of Tasmania, Australia
Pay equity for female-intensive occupations: A multi-regional CGE analysis
Discus: G. CorreaThomas de Graaff, Cees Gorter and Peter Nijkamp, (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Estimating the effect of social networks on skill formation and labour market absorption of ethnic minorities
Discus: G. Barroso
I-3 CONVERGENCE-DIVERGENCE (Lecture Hall 3)
Chairmen: Mario Carrillo and Alejandro Diaz-Bautista
Mario Carrillo, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Mexico
The theory of convergence and divergence development among Latin American countries on the Pacific region
Discus: S. LeeJulio Goicoechea, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico Gustav Schachter and Andrew Sum (NortheasterN University, Boston, USA)
Regional convergence in outputs and incomes in Canada, Mexico and the United States: A Comparative assessment
Discus: B.WeinsteinAlejandro Diaz-Bautista. COLEF and University of California.Chula Vista, USA
Convergence and economic growth in North America and Mexico in the New-Era
Discus: A. Alvarez
I-4 PRODUCTION PROCESSES, RELOCALIZATION, DISLOCALIZATION (Lecture Hall 4)
Chairmen: Rocio Rosales and Jorge Vera
Rocio Rosales, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
Tlaxcala: local and global networks of the textile and clothing industry
Discus: T. MizunoyaChaug-Ing Hsu and Huei-Ju Huang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Locating the assembly center of a high-value product manufacturing firm around an air cargo hub
Discus: F. PenaJorge Vera, London School of Economics, Ingland
Global change, liberalisation and regional concentration. The case of the garment industry in Mexico
Discus: H. Shibusawa
I-5 NETWORKS AND EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION I (Lecture Hall 5)
Chairmen: Monica Gambrill and Tito Alegria
Monica Gambrill, CISAN, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
NAFTA and Mexican sectorial decrees for maquiladoras and PITEX: ?Substitute for a free trade agreement with countries of the Asian Basin?
Discus: S. HaHirokuni Imaizumi, Fukuoka University, Japan, Masahiro Yabuta, Chuo University, Japan, and Takanori Ida, University of Kumamoto, Japan
Towards a construction of administrative and managed system of common-pool resources
Discus: M. CamberosTito Alegria, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
Structural determinants of the cross-border commuting in the Mexico-United States border
Discus: E. Yamamura
15:00 - 17:00 PANEL I (Plenary Session II) (AUDITORIUM)
The Near Future of Latin American Regions and Countries in the Pacific Rim: Interaction, Networks and Tasks
Chairman:
SPEAKERS:
Omar Martinez Legorreta (Mexico)
Ramon Antonio Gutierrez (Chile)
Juan Gonzalez (Mexico)
THU 15 JUNE
9:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session III (AUDITORIUM)
New Directions of Regional Development in the Knowledge-Based Economy in the Pacific Rim
Keynote speaker: Sam Ock Park, President of PRSCO
Discussant: Jacques Poot, Immediate Past-President of PRSCO
Chairman: Yoshiro Higano
10:15 - 13:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS III (INTERNATIONAL)
II-1 NETWORKS AND EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION II (Lecture Hall 1)
Chairmen: Gabriela Correa and Patricia Olivera
Gabriela Correa, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico
Mexico's commerce with the Asian-Pacific countries
Discus: T. IdaPablo Wong ,Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Open regionalism and regional associationism: the conformation of the shore region in the Mexican Pacific
Discus: H. ImaizumiYoshiro Higano (University of Tsukuba, Japan) and Takeshi Mizunoya (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Combined dual input-output analysis of the optimal emission taxes on the greenhouse gas in Japan (Text Appendix Figures)
Discus: J. GoicoecheaPatricia Olivera, FFyL-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Emerging markets in globalization context: Mexico and the Pacific Rim
Discus: Ch. Hsu
II -2 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES IN THE PACIFIC RIM (Lecture Hall 2)
Chairmen: Antonio Gutierrez and Mario Camberos
Antonio Gutierrez, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
Globalization and national processes of regional development in the Pacific Basin countries: human dimensions of the regional impact
Discus: Y. MiyataSeong-Kyu Ha, ChungAng University, Korea, and SeongWoo-Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
The IMF impact on the urban marginalized in Korea, 1997-1990
Discus: T. AlegriaJuan Gonzalez, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico
Perspectives about the Popular Republic of China and its return to the WTO
Discus: H. HuangMario Camberos, Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Does the population's well-being of a region increases when it extents its participation to the external market? - evidencies of a region in regard to the Pacific Basin area: the Northwest of Mexico
Discus: M. Yabuta
II-3 LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INICIATIVES (Lecture Hall 3)
Chairmen: Ryszard Rozga and Hiroyuki Shibusawa
Hirotada Kohno, Tokiwa University, Japan
Optimal structuring of rural regions in the 21st century in Japan.
Discus: R. RosalesRyszard Rozga, FAPUR-Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Regional and local conditions of the industrial development in face of the processes of globalization and productive rearrangement: The case of the industrial municipalities of the Western zone of the State of Mexico
Discus: A. SumFrancisco Pena, El Colegio de San Luis, A.C., Mexico
Exporting water: Mexican crops in the Pacific Basin markets
Discus: J. MaddenHiroyuki Shibusawa, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Waste facilities and recycling in a community
Discus: M.Carrillo
II-4 SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND REGIONS: PACIFIC RIM PERSPECTIVES (Lecture Hall 4)
Chairmen: Martin Medina and Jose Luis Chan
Martin Medina ,El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
Informal recycling and globalization in the developing and industrialized countries of the Pacific Rim
Discus: G. SchachterEtsuo Yamamura, Hokkaido University, Japan
Interaction to development and environment of North Western Pacific Rim
Discus: M. GambrillJose Luis Chan and Leonel Aguilar, FCA, Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico
Training needs and natural resources protection at the "El Tablon" Basin, Villaflores
Discus: Chiapas. J. Gonzalez
II-5 REGIONS AND GLOBALIZATION DYNAMICS I (Lecture Hall 5)
Chairmen: Cristina Barroso and Rafael Tamayo
Cristina Barroso, Universidad de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico
The decrease of the indigenous societies in Latin America in the frame of the widespread globalization. Human wealth in fligth
Discus: J. StallmannLawrence Taylor, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
The Cascadia movement and transborder regionalism in the Northwest
Discus: F. VelazquezAlejandro Alvarez, FE-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Economic integration, financial crisis and patterns of industrial specialization in the Central-North subregion of Mexico 1994-2000
Discus: A. GutierrezRafael Tamayo, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica, Mexico
The differential impact of international integration on local economies: How are lagging Mexican regions performing?
Discus: A. Diaz Bautista
II-6 REGIONS AND GLOBALIZATION DYNAMICS II (Lecture Hall 6)
Chairmen: Eduardo Mendoza and Manuel Rodriguez
Eduardo Mendoza, COLEF- Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Coahuila, Coahuila, Mexico and Cuauhtemoc Calderon ,ICSA, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Regional labor demand in the maquiladora oriented industry:The case of Baja California, Chihuahua and Tamaulipas
Discus: J. VeraRocio Lopez, Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico
Globalization and employment. A regional perspective in Mexico
Discus: G. VelazquezManuel Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Guerrero, Mexico
Poverty, Electoral Processes and Regions in Mexico
Discus: T. de Graaff
15:00-17:00 PANEL II (Plenary Session IV)
Barriers to the Implementation of Nafta
Chairman: Bernard Weinstein (organizer of the Panel)
SPEAKERS:
Bernard Weinstein (USA)
Judith I. Stallmann (USA)
Arturo Ortiz (Mexico)
Teresa Gutierrez-Haces (Mexico)
FRI 16 JUNE
9:00-11:00 PANEL III (Plenary Session V) (AUDITORIUM)
City-Regions Development and World Space Recomposition
Chairman: Felipe Torres
SPEAKERS:
Alfonso Iracheta (Mexico)
Laurie Schintler (USA)
Galit Cohen (Holanda)
13:15-14:15 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION (AUDITORIUM)
13:15-13:30 A) General Report of the PRSCO Summer Institute Meeting
Reporters: Margarita Camarena; Pablo Wong
13:30-13:45 B) General Report of the National Meeting
Reporters: Javier Delgado; Arturo Yamasaky
13:45-14:15 Closing Ceremony
SPEAKERS:
Olga Hansberg, Coordinator of Humanities, UNAM
Hirotada Kohno, President of RSAI
Sam Ock Park, President of PRSCO
Jose Luis Cecena, Honorary President of AMECIDER
Salvador Rodriguez, President of AMECIDER
Alicia Giron, Director of IIEc-UNAM
Hector Hernandez, Director of CRIM-UNAM
Jorge Serrano, President of LOC
Yoshiro Higano, Executive Secretary of PRSCO
Mariano I. Alonso, Rector of the Universidad Loyola del Pacifico and Representative of the Inter-Institutional Co-organizing Committee
14:15 -15:45 Farewell Banquet
SPEAKERS:
Sam Ock Park, President of PRSCO
Jorge Serrano, President of LOC
15:45-18:45 EXCURSION to the "Floating Gardens" of Mexico City
DIRECTORATE
Organizing Committee
UNAM:
Olga Hansberg, Coordinator of Humanities, UNAM
Hector Hernandez, Director of CRIM-UNAM
Alicia Giron , Director of IIEc-UNAM
AMECIDER:
Jose Luis Cecena, Honorary President of AMECIDER
Salvador Rodriguez, President of AMECIDER
Jorge Serrano, Chairman of the LOC
Felipe Torres, Academic Secretary of AMECIDER
Executive Committee of AMECIDER
Jose Luis Cecena, Honorary President
Salvador Rodriguez, President
Jorge Serrano, Vicepresident
Alfonso Corona, Vicepresident
Felipe Torres, Academic Secretary
Manuel Cedeno, Vocal
Ryszard Rozga, Vocal
Rene Valdiviezo, Vocal
Pablo Wong, Vocal
General Coordinator of the PRSCO Summer Institute
Jorge Serrano
Assistant to the Coordinator
Rosa Lilia Alvarez
Support to the Coordination
Luz Flores
General Coordinator of the National Meeting
Salvador Rodriguez
Assistants to the Coordinator
Julio Rodriguez
Maria Sara Gonzalez
Logo Design
Guillermo Morales
Inter-Institutional Co-Organizing Committee
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla,
Facultad de Economia, Grupo Interuniversitario
de Mantreal / Centro de Investigacion en
Alimentacion y Desarrollo, A. C. / Centro
de Investigacion y docencia Economicas, A.
C. / El Colegio de la Frontera Norte / Colegio
Mexiquense / Comision de Desarrollo Regional
y Apoyo a la Produccion de la H. Camara de
Diputados / Facultad de Ingenieria-Division
de Ingenieria Electrica, UNAM / Instituto
de Geografia, UNAM / Instituto de Investigaciones
Historica "Dr. Jose Maria Luis Mora"
/ Instituto Nacional de Ecologia / Instituto
Politecnico Nacional-ESIA-Mtria. en Planificacion
/ Instituto Tecnologico de Acapulco / Instituto
Tecnologico de Oaxaca / Organizacion para
la Cooperacion y Desarrollo Economicos /
SEDESOL-Subsecretaria de Desarrollo Regional-INDESOL
/ SEMARNAP- Direccion General de Programas
Regionales-Programa de las Naciones Unidas
para el Desarrollo (PNUD) / Universidad de
Colima / Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero
/ Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas / Universidad
Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Facultad de
Planeacion Urbana y Regional / Universidad
Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Division
de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades / Universidad
Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Division
de Ciencias y Artes para el Diseno / Universidad
Autonoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, Division
de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades / Universidad
Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco / Universidad
de Guadalajara-Departamento de Estudios del
Pacifico / Universidad de Sonora / Universidad
del Mar / Universidad de Loyola del Pacifico
/ Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de
Hidalgo, Escuela de Economia.
The Organizers wish to express a sincere
thank to the following persons and institutions
for their help and support:
Gloria Contreras, UNAM Taller Coreografico de la UNAM
Angelica Guevara, CRIM Boletin Enlaces
Silvia Martinez, CRIM Boletin de Intercambio Academico
Claudia Sanchez, CRIM Gaceta UNAM
Rosa Ugalde, CRIM Periodico Humanidades, UNAM
Patricia Rodriguez, IIEc Periodico Genios e Ingenios
Victor Martinez, IIEc Dir. Gral. de Servs. de Computo Academico,
UNAM
Marina Chavez, IIEc Dir. Gral. de Servs. Grales, UNAM
Gisela Lopez, IIEc Dir. Gral. de Intercambio Academico,
UNAM
Andres Martinez, IIEc