Books in the Trade and Development series

A collection of studies on the role of East Asia in the world fibre, textile and clothing market, first published in 1992. A collection of studies on the role of East Asia in the world fibre, textile and clothing market.

Economic, technological, and political shifts as well as changing business strategies have driven firms to unbundle production processes and disperse them across countries. Thanks to these changes, developing countries can now increase their participation in global value chains (GVCs) and thus become more competitive in agriculture, manufacturing and services. This is a paradigm shift from the 20th century when countries had to build the entire supply chain domestically to become competitive internationally. For policymakers, the focus is on boosting domestic value added and improving access to resources and technology while advancing development goals. However, participating in global value chains does not automatically improve living standards and social conditions in a country. This requires not only improving the quality and quantity of production factors and redressing market failures, but also engineering equitable distributions of opportunities and outcomes - including employment, wages, work conditions, economic rights, gender equality, economic security, and protecting the environment. The internationalization of production processes helps with very few of these development challenges. Following this perspective, Making Global Value Chains Work for Development offers a strategic framework, analytical tools, and policy options to address this challenge. The book conceptualizes GVCs and makes it easier for policymakers and practitioners to discuss them and their implications for development. It shows why GVCs require fresh thinking; it serves as a repository of analytical tools; and it proposes a strategic framework to guide policymakers in identifying the key objectives of GVC participation and in selecting suitable economic strategies to achieve them.

The changes in China up to the 1980s led to the third revolution in the Chinese countryside. This 1996 book has contributions from a team of experts on the Chinese economy, on issues of poverty, price reforms, international issues of China's agricultural economy, and the associated institutional changes.

A collection of studies on the role of East Asia in the world fibre, textile and clothing market, first published in 1992. A collection of studies on the role of East Asia in the world fibre, textile and clothing market.

This highly acclaimed 1993 book analyses and evaluates European Community trade, aid and industrial policies towards developing countries. The author describes Europe's development policies as regional in scope, colonial in geographical emphasis, discriminatory in their effects and lacking in overall cogency.

This book analyses the remarkable post-war development of East Asian economies and assesses the prospects for copying this blueprint elsewhere. Leading economists examine the key factors and policy issues involved, especially the changed emphasis from import-substitution to outward-orientation.

A comprehensive analysis of urban and rural labour market reform in China. Documents and analyses institutional changes over the last twenty years and offers evidence that further labour market reform is necessary if China is to sustain its high growth rates.

This title provides important research from leading scholars assessing fiscal decentralization in developing countries. The volume offers rich and varied case-study material from countries as diverse as India, China, Colombia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa.

This is an account of the 'middleman' role Hong Kong has played in China's Open Door Policy. It explains the paradoxical situation by which Hong Kong's role as intermediary in China's commodity trade is becoming more prominent in spite of the fact that since the development of the Open Door Policy in 1979 China has established many direct links with the outside world.

In November 2001 the members of the World Trade Organization approved the start of new trade talks at the WTO ministerial meeting in Doha. These trade talks will have profound implications for economic growth in the developed and developing world. Here a team of authors identify ways in which progress might be made on the key negotiating topics.

This book examines the economic success of the industrializing economies of East Asia. Judged in terms of economic growth, or by a combination of economic and welfare criteria, this group of East Asian countries has established a clear lead over other developing areas of the world.

The global financial crisis triggered a broad reassessment of economic integration policies in developed and developing countries worldwide. The crisis-induced collapse in trade was the sharpest ever since World War II. This book brings together recent empirical work on the trade collapse, its causes and consequences, and the broader trade policy agenda in the post-crisis environment.

In November 2001 the members of the World Trade Organization approved the start of new trade talks at the WTO ministerial meeting in Doha. These trade talks will have profound implications for economic growth in the developed and developing world. Here a team of authors identify ways in which progress might be made on the key negotiating topics.

Financial Integration in East Asia, first published in 1999, by Gordon De Brouwer features important research assessing the theory and practice of financial integration and provides the first major study of the recent upheavals in East Asian financial markets and economies.

This title provides important research from leading scholars assessing fiscal decentralization in developing countries. The volume offers rich and varied case-study material from countries as diverse as India, China, Colombia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa.

The book deals with the transformation of labour markets in Indonesia over 30 years of New Order government under President Soeharto. It traces the impact of rapid economic growth on employment, wages and labour productivity in an initially poor labour surplus economy.

This volume examines how the Uruguay Round agreement of 1994 will impinge on economic development and policies in East Asia. Taking into account the increasing significance of these countries in the global economy, it focuses on what the negotiations mean for East Asia and the West Pacific region.

This book analyses the remarkable post-war development of East Asian economies and assesses the prospects for copying this blueprint elsewhere. Leading economists examine the key factors and policy issues involved, especially the changed emphasis from import-substitution to outward-orientation.

Building A Modern Financial System traces all aspects of the development of the Indonesian financial system over the past three decades and provides penetrating insights into the upheavals.

This book examines the economic success of the industrializing economies of East Asia. Judged in terms of economic growth, or by a combination of economic and welfare criteria, this group of East Asian countries has established a clear lead over other developing areas of the world.

This 1992 book addresses the nature and causes of the crisis in international trade policy with regard to protectionist agricultural policies. Rob Tyers and Kym Anderson examine the effects of these food polices as well as the reasons why governments choose to implement distortionary policies.

This volume is a substantive and reasoned evaluation of the world food situation. The authors show that things have improved dramatically over the past three decades, and will probably continue to do so. They provide a much needed and reasoned view on a subject that is too often treated emotionally.