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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450802903321

Autore

Page Sheila

Titolo

How developing countries trade : the institutional constraints / / Sheila Page

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

0-429-23282-9

0-203-48002-3

1-280-04937-5

1-134-81638-3

0-203-47962-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

382/.09172/4

Soggetti

Countertrade - Developing countries

Investments - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Developing countries Commerce

Developing countries Commercial policy

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; THE RISK OF DISTORTED DEVELOPMENT:  TRADE, INDUSTRIALISATION AND OTHER  COUNTRIES' POLICIES; TARIFFS AND PREFERENCES: TRADITIONAL  DIVERSIONS; NON-TARIFF BARRIERS: INTENTIONAL DIVERSION; COUNTERTRADE: AN AMUSING DIVERSION; OTHER OFFICIAL CONTROLS AFFECTING  DEVELOPING COUNTRY TRADE; FOREIGN INVESTMENT: CREATING AND  CHANNELLING TRADING OPPORTUNITIES; THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM VIEWED FROM  DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MALAYSIA; THAILAND; COLOMBIA; ZIMBABWE; MAURITIUS; JAMAICA; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPMENT UNDER A CONSTRAINED  TRADING SYSTEM

General bibliographyCountry bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 c