UID:
almafu_9959237002702883
Format:
1 online resource (350 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-88245-9
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0-444-50071-5
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0-203-16837-2
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1-280-03194-8
Content:
Since the end of the second world war the economic gap between rich and poor countries has steadily widened. Trade, Growth and Development examines this disparity and assesses the reasons why some developing countries have been more successful than others. The book is divided into four parts: Part I examines recent developments in the theory of trade, growth and economic development; Parts II to IV present an empirical analysis of policy and performance in Latin America, Asia and Africa. As well as offering an analysis of traditional economic factors the book also emphasises the role
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONS, KNOWLEDGE, TRADE AND GROWTH: A PERSONAL ADDRESS; THE NEW GROWTH THEORY, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT: SOME BRIEF REFLECTIONS; WAGE DISPERSION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE SERVICES SECTOR; SPAIN AND THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA: PROFITS, RELIGION AND FORCED LABOUR IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES; DO TERMS OF TRADE MATTER? TERMS OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA; ELEMENTS DETERMINING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF GUATEMALAN PRIMARY EXPORTS
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FOREIGN FIRMS AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA: LESSONS FROM THE DEBT CRISISEAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT AND JAPANESE DIRECT INVESTMENT; DIRIGISME OR FREE-TRADE REGIME? A HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TAIWANESE SUCCESS STORY; TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE EXPERIENCE OF KOREA AND TAIWAN; ECONOMIC REFORMS UNDER AN IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION REGIME: THE EXPERIENCE OF BANGLADESH; EXCHANGE RATE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: TANZANIA AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE; MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION IN KENYA, UGANDA AND ZAMBIA
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE EXPERIENCE OF ETHIOPIAREGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE: ISSUES FOR DEVELOPMENT; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-28430-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-08760-0
Language:
English
