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
Contents:
1. Introduction
Oliver Morrissey, Ricardo A. López and Kishor Sharma
Part I: MAJOR THEMES
2. Trade, Tariffs, Growth and Poverty
Charles Ackah, Vincent Leyaro and Oliver Morrissey
3. Trade Costs
Festus Ebo Turkson
4. Building the Infrastructure for Trade: Developments in Trade Facilitation and Aid-for-Trade
Esteban Ferro, John S. Wilson and Peter McConaghy
5. Trade Preferences: Schemes and Effects
Xavier Cirera and Edgar Cooke
6. Trade Preferences from a Policy Perspective
Maria Persson
7. Trade and Firm Performance
Ricardo A. López
8. Trade and Child Labour
Annie Voy
Part II: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
9. Enterprise Agglomeration and Firm Performance in sub-Saharan Africa
Eyerusalem Siba and Mĺns Söderbom
10. Informal Cross Border Trade and Smuggling in Africa
Stephen Golub
11. Integration and Regional Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
Festus Ebo Turkson
12. Commodity Prices and Export Performance in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Andrew Mold and Annalisa Prizzon
13. Trade Structure and Trade Costs: What makes Sub-Saharan Africa different?
Vincent Leyaro
Part III: LATIN AMERICA
14. The Rise of Brazil in Global Trade
Raffi Garcia and Ricardo A. López
15. Export Diversification Dynamics in Latin America
Manuel R. Agosin and Luis David Chancí Arango
16. Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: The Case of Colombia
Ivan T. Kandilov and Asli Leblebicioglu
17. Imported Technology and Firm Exporting: The Case of Chile
Ana M. Fernandes and Ricardo A. López
18. Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico
Andreas Waldkirch
Part IV: EAST ASIA
19. Global Production Sharing, Trade Patterns, and Determinants of Trade Flows: The Role of East Asia
Prema-chandra Athukorala and Jayant Menon
20. Exports and FDI in China
Jing Zhang and Xufei Zhang
21. Trade, Growth and External Shocks in Indonesia
Tulus T.H. Tambunan
22. Trade, Environment and the Labour Market in Malaysia
Gamini Herath and Gareth Leeves
23. Vertical Specialization in Chinese Foreign Trade?
Kishor Sharma and Wang Wei
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