Trade and poverty : when the Third World fell behind / / Jeffrey G. Williamson

• Autore: Williamson Jeffrey G. <1935->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 338.9009172/4
• Soggetto topico: Industries - Developing countries - History; Deindustrialization - Developing countries - History; Poverty - Developing countries - History
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Commerce History; Developing countries Economic conditions Regional disparities
• Soggetto non controllato: ECONOMICS/Economic History; ECONOMICS/Trade & Development
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This work explores how the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap between rich and poor countries today.
• Titolo autorizzato: Trade and poverty
• ISBN: 1-282-97850-0; 9786612978500; 0-262-29572-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789838903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II