How Developing Countries Trade: The Institutional Constraints

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 the

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134816378
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/1994
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	739 KB

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