Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development: New Perspectives (WIDER Studies in Development Economics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198283598 ISBN 13: 9780198283591

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1992

Synopsis

This book investigates the ways in which the characteristics of a developing country's domestic industrial sector – for example, oligopolistic markets, the position of foreign enterprises, and the acquisition of modern technologies – affect its chances of industrializing far enough to engage in substantial export trade.

Particular attention is devoted to the real-world imperfections frequently overlooked by orthodox economists. Case studies are included of, for example, Brazilian civil aircraft, Korean semi-conductors, and the automobile industry in a number of developing countries.

The volume contributes to a better appreciation of the actual problems and constraints of industrialization and growth in developing countries and points the way to useful further lines of research.

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Review

'The papers are of uniformly high quality, combining conceptual analyses with case studies. Cautionary words about the limits of our knowledge pepper virtually every paper in the book.'Patrick Low, Finance & Development, March 1993

'This is a collection of essays which should help to generate a debate on the merits or otherwise of outward oriented policies.'K.S. Ramachandran, Financial Express, April 1993

'The papers are of uniformly high quality, combining conceptual analyses with case studies.'Patrick Low, Finance & Development, March 1993

`Some of the contributions are familiar and have appeared in slightly different forms elsewhere. This is inevitable in an edited work and should not detract from the very important contribution this volume makes in pointing to the deficiencies in our current understanding about how markets work and the areas in which further research is required to improve policy.'The Economic Journal

'Readability is a good feature of the book.'Charlie G. Turner, Old Dominion University, Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 28, No. 1, October 1993

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198283598
• ISBN 13: 9780198283591
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Helleiner Gerald K.