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Autore |
Williamson Jeffrey G. <1935-> |
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Titolo |
Trade and poverty : when the Third World fell behind / / Jeffrey G. Williamson |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-97850-0 |
9786612978500 |
0-262-29572-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Industries - Developing countries - History |
Deindustrialization - Developing countries - History |
Poverty - Developing countries - History |
Developing countries Commerce History |
Developing countries Economic conditions Regional disparities |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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When the Third World fell behind -- The first global century up to 1913 -- Biggest Third World terms of trade boom ever? -- The economics of Third World growth engines and dutch diseases -- Measuring third world de-industrialization and Dutch disease -- An Asian de-industrialization illustration : an Indian paradox? -- A Middle East de-industrialization illustration : Ottoman problems -- A Latin American de-industrialization illustration : Mexican exceptionalism -- Rising Third World inequality during the trade boom : did it matter? -- Export price volatility: another drag on Third World growth? -- Tying the knot : the globalization and great divergence connection -- Better late than never : industrialization spreads to the poor periphery -- Policy response : what did they do? What should they have done? -- Morals of the story. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work explores how the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap between rich and poor countries today. |
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