Handbook on Trade and Development

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Title:

Author:

Morrissey, Oliver, editor.

ISBN:

9781781005309

Publication Information:

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England : Edward Elgar Pub 2015.

Physical Description:

viii, 467 pages : graphs ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Trade, tariffs, growth and poverty / Trade costs / Building the infrastructure for trade : developments in trade facilitation and aid-for-trade / Trade preferences : schemes and effects / Trade preferences from a policy perspective / Trade and firm performance / Trade and child labour / Enterprise agglomeration and firm performance in sub-Saharan Africa / Informal cross border trade and smuggling in Africa / Integration and regional trade in sub-Saharan Africa

Trade structure and trade costs : what makes sub-Saharan Africa different? / The rise of Brazil in global trade / Export diversification dynamics in Latin America / Exchange rate volatility and exports : the case of Colombia / Imported technology and firm exporting : the case of Chile / Foreign direct investment in Mexico / Global production sharing, trade patterns, and determinants of trade flows : The role of East Asia / Exports and FDI in China / Trade, growth and external shocks in Indonesia / Trade, environment and the labour market in Malaysia / Vertical specialization in Chinese foreign trade?^^

Abstract:

Comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade occurs.

Subject Term:

International trade.

Geographic Term:

Developing countries -- Commerce.

Added Author:

Morrissey, Oliver,

López, Ricardo A.,

Sharma, Kishor,

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This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade occurs.

The Handbook on Trade and Development provides a review of the current understanding of major trade issues facing developing countries through considering specific region or country case studies. Broad topics are covered including trade costs and facilitation; trade preferences; trade and firm performance; and child labor. Chapters on sub-Saharan Africa cover primary commodities, informal cross-border trade, agglomeration and regional integration. Chapters on Latin America include the role of imported technology; exchange rates; export diversification; FDI; and firm exporting. Chapters on East Asia cover the increasing importance of China in world trade and links between trade and environment, labor markets and FDI.

This discerning work will be an indispensable reference point for academics, researchers and students of development economics. The broad range of topics covered will provide a useful insight for practitioners and policy makers into the nuances of the complex relationship between trade and the economy in developing regions.

Contributors include: C. Ackah, M.R. Agosin, P-.C. Athukorala, L.D.C. Chancí Arango, X. Cirera, E. Cooke, A.M. Fernandes, E. Ferro, R. Garcia, S. Golub, G. Herath, I.T. Kandilov, A. Leblebicio lu, G. Leeves, V. Leyaro, R.A. López, P. McConaghy, J. Menon, A. Mold, O. Morrissey, M. Persson, A. Prizzon, K. Sharma, E. Siba, M. Söderbom, T.T.H. Tambunan, F.E. Turkson, A. Voy, A. Waldkirch, W. Wei, J.S. Wilson, J. Zhang, X. Zhang