How Developing Countries Trade: The Institutional Constraints / Edition 1

by Sheila Page

Overview

Over the last fifteen years there have been dramatic increases in both private and public intervention in international trade. Traditional barriers to market-based trade such as commodity cartels and tariffs have been augmented by new developments such as the rise of regional trade blocs and the growth of intra-firm trade. This book argues that these changes are large and persistent enough to have an impact on total development performance, and on the performance of individual countries and individual sectors. It illustrates this with a wealth of theoretical arguments, empirical evidence and country studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415117777
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/1994
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sheila Page

Table of Contents

List of tables, Acknowledgements, 1 THE RISK OF DISTORTED DEVELOPMENT: TRADE, INDUSTRIALISATION AND OTHER COUNTRIES’ POLICIES, 2 TARIFFS AND PREFERENCES: TRADITIONAL DIVERSIONS Tariffs, 3 NON-TARIFF BARRIERS: INTENTIONAL DIVERSION, 4 COUNTERTRADE: AN AMUSING DIVERSION, 5 OTHER OFFICIAL CONTROLS AFFECTING DEVELOPING COUNTRY TRADE, 6 FOREIGN INVESTMENT: CREATING AND 7 THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM VIEWED FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 8 MALAYSIA, 9 THAILAND, 10 COLOMBIA, 11 ZIMBABWE, 12 MAURITIUS, 13 JAMAICA, 14 BANGLADESH, 15 DEVELOPMENT UNDER A CONSTRAINED TRADING SYSTEM, General bibliography, Country bibliography, Index