ABSTRACT
chile provides a classic example of an export economy in which there is a relatively clear-cut enclave dominated by expatriate enterprise. 1 Exports of copper earn more than 50 per cent of Chile’s foreign exchange and 8 per cent of its gross geographic output. The principal mining concerns, the Gran Mineria, are owned by us companies who provide all the capital, all the administrative and technical expertise. Moreover, most of the large copper mines are sited in remote parts of the country, so that the labour force even lives in housing provided within the enclave by the industry, and because of isolation and poor transport facilities contacts between the export sector and the domestic economy are even fewer than might be expected a priori.
