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How developing countries trade : the institutional constraints / Sheila Page.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Page, Sheila.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Countertrade--Developing countries.
- Countertrade.
- Investments--Developing countries.
- Investments.
- Developing countries--Commerce.
- Developing countries.
- Developing countries--Commercial policy.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-81637-5
- 0-429-23282-9
- 0-203-48002-3
- 1-280-04937-5
- 1-134-81638-3
- 0-203-47962-9
- 9780429232824
- OCLC:
- 49855142
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