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Author:   Prema-chandra Athukorala
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No.20
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415169271

ISBN 10:   0415169275
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   05 November 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Trade policy and economic development: background and overview PART 1 Trade policy and development 2 Trade policy reforms and industrial restructuring in Sri Lanka 3 Export-oriented industrialisation, growth and equity in Malaysia 4 Structural adjustment reforms, saving and investment in India 5. Linkages and gains from export growth: issues and evidence from Indonesia PART II Foreign investment and export-oriented industrialisaton 6. Export-oriented foreign direct investment: a typology with evidence from Sri Lanka 7. Multinationals and export performance: analytical issues and empirical evidence 8 Multinationals, employment and real wages in Malaysian manufacturing PART III Export orientation and the world economy 9 Demand and supply factors in agricultural exports 10 The demand for NIC exports: does the small country assumption hold? 11 Terms of trade for manufactured exports from developing countries

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'This book is an excellent example of careful and solid econometric work in the area of trade and development in Asia and is likely to prove a valuable reference for research scholars and students' - Ramkishen S. Rajan, University of Adelaide 'Athukorala has produced a stimulating and valuable contribution to the literature on trade policies and development' - Alasdair I. MacBean, The Journal of Development Studies

'This book is an excellent example of careful and solid econometric work in the area of trade and development in Asia and is likely to prove a valuable reference for research scholars and students' - Ramkishen S. Rajan, University of Adelaide 'Athukorala has produced a stimulating and valuable contribution to the literature on trade policies and development' - Alasdair I. MacBean, The Journal of Development Studies

Author Information

Prema-chandra Athukorala is a Senior Fellow in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. He has been a consultant to the World Bank, the International Labour Organisation, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank and the government of Sri Lanka.

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