Timing and Sequencing Issues in Trade Liberalisation
Author : Rodney E. Falvey
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 1992*
Category : Developing countries
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Author : Rodney E. Falvey
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 1992*
Category : Developing countries
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Author : Martha Patricia Canto Farachala
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Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 1996
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Author : A. P. Thirlwall
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184844401X
This is a meticulously researched and well written book on a subject of immense contemporary academic and policy interest. Prema-chandra Athukorala, Journal of Development Studies The book is a valuable contribution to the analysis of the links between trade liberalisation, poverty and inequality . . . The book is a coherent piece of work offering an abundance of well-researched and argued information, effectively establishing it as a notable contribution to the investigation and understanding of this very important field. Therefore this book is highly recommended as an important publication for everyone interested in this field as it is a powerful guide to the complex questions that emerge when dealing with the issues of trade liberalisation and poverty elimination at international level. Marios Koutsias, International Trade Law and Regulation Thirlwall and Pacheco-López s book makes its contribution by serving as a clearly written synthesis of a diversity of literatures on trade liberalization and its impacts on growth, inequality and wages, and poverty. . . . the book is an excellent one. It should be a required reading companion to any graduate-level trade course. Kevin P. Gallagher, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities This book breaks out of the standard distinction between free trade and protectionism , and shows how to think constructively about trade policy as an instrument of national economic strategy. It is highly recommended for those who wish to think beyond orthodoxy, and especially for those in developing countries who wish to influence negotiations with developed countries and western-based international organisations. Robert Wade, London School of Economics, UK This is a gem of a book. Based on deep understanding of diverse economic theories and empirical evidence, it offers us a succinct but highly informative overview of the controversies surrounding the impact of trade policy on growth, inequality, and macroeconomics. Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, UK, and author of Kicking Away the Ladder, and Bad Samaritans Free-trade fundamentalism is gradually making way for a more nuanced and historically well-informed understanding of the role that trade policy plays in economic development. Thirlwall and Pacheco-López provide an excellent review of the relevant literature as well as a sophisticated critique of the earlier, simplistic views. As they explain, it is the details the timing, sequencing, and context that determine whether liberalization will succeed. Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, US This book will infuriate the free trade ultras who believe that liberalisation is the answer to every problem and a good thing too. The real world, as Thirlwall and Pacheco-López show clearly and vividly, is different from the world of theoretical models so beloved by today s economic orthodoxy, and they take delight in tweaking the noses of the Washington consensus. History suggests they are right to argue that managed trade is better for developing countries than swallowing large doses of free-trade medicine. Larry Elliott, The Guardian Orthodox trade and growth theory, and the world s multilateral development institutions, extol the virtues of trade liberalisation and free trade for more rapid economic development of poor countries. However, the contemporary reality and history seem to tell a different story. The world economy has experienced an unprecedented period of trade liberalisation in the last thirty years, and yet international and global inequality is widening; domestic poverty (outside of China) is increasing; poor countries exports have grown more slowly than their imports leading to balance of payments crises, and the so-called globalising economies of the world (excluding China and India) have fared no better, and in some cases worse, than those countries that have not liberalised so extensively. This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions,
Author : Guillermo de la Dehesa Romero
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Page : 119 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : World Bank. Country Policy Department
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Page : 66 pages
File Size : 14,75 MB
Release : 1984
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Author : Mark M. Pitt
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : Julio J. Nogues
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Page : 408 pages
File Size : 37,74 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : Sergio de la Cuadra
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Free trade
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Author : Neil McCulloch
Publisher : Centre for Economic Policy Research
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 16,19 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781898128625
Openness to trade is a key element of economic policy; continuing extreme poverty in developing countries is a disgrace. This Handbook examines how concerns about the world's poor should affect our attitude towards trade liberalization. Part I draws on economic analysis and practical experience to construct a framework to analyse the links between trade liberalization and poverty. It shows policy-makers how to identify the critical features in their economies so they can ensure that the poor benefit from liberalization. Part II explores the reform of particular sectors -- agriculture, services, etc., and particular instruments of trade policy -- export subsidies, anti-dumping measures, etc. It presents an economic analysis of each type of reform, shows the likely outcome for the poor, and discusses the issue's status on the World Trade Organization's agenda. Book jacket.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2013-05-22
Category :
ISBN : 9264201203
Succeeding with Trade Reforms: The Role of Aid for Trade highlights the potential of aid for trade to boost economic growth and reduce poverty, while discussing the various reasons why it may not be realised.