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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--Developing countries--History.

Industries.

Deindustrialization--Developing countries--History.

Deindustrialization.

Economic conditions.

Regional disparities.

Poverty.

History.

Commerce.

Developing countries--Commerce--History.

Developing countries.

Poverty--Developing countries--History.

Developing countries--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Trade and poverty.

ISBN:

0262295725

9780262295727

Publisher Number:

99946130460

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.