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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141820603321

Autore

Anderson Kym

Titolo

Reforming trade policy in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands / / Kym Anderson and Malcolm Bosworth [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Adelaide Press, 2009

Adelaide : , : The University of Adelaide Press, , 2009

ISBN

9780980623826 ‡q (ebook)

0980623820 ‡q (ebook)

9780980623826

9780980623895

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Reprints collection : Economics Reforming trade policy in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands

Disciplina

382/.0995

Soggetti

Economic growth

Papua New Guinea Commerce

Papua New Guinea Commercial policy

Oceania Commerce

Oceania Commercial policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203)

Sommario/riassunto

The countries of the South Pacific have struggled to generate sustainable economic growth since their independence. Interventionist policies have failed in the past here, as they have in all other regions. Business and government leaders in this region are now beginning to acknowledge - as has happened in many other developing country regions over the past two decades - that major reforms are needed to put their economies onto a higher growth path. This study examines the growth record of key Pacific island economies and identifies the reasons for their relatively poor performance. It then looks at the process of globalization that is affecting those and indeed all economies increasingly; and the role the WTO has played in that process.