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Trade Policy at the Crossroads: The Recent Experience of Developing Countries
Mehdi Shafaeddin
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Hardcover. Analysing the experience of developing countries in recent years and the deadlock in trade negotiation in WTO, the author argues that the theories and practices of trade and industrial policies are surrounded by a number of fallacies. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Analyzing the experience of developing countries in recent years and the deadlock in trade negotiation in WTO, the author argues that the theories and practices of trade and industrial policies are surrounded by a number of fallacies: that universal and across-the-board trade liberalization is to the benefit of all developing countries, irrespective of their level of development; that the Invisible Hand of free market alone is conducive to industrialization, that the infant industry argument is against export expansion; that developed countries industrialized without government intervention; that WTO rules are conducive to development.
Analyzing the experience of developing countries in recent years and the deadlock in trade negotiation in WTO, the author argues that the theories and practices of trade and industrial policies are surrounded by a number of fallacies: that universal and across-the-board trade liberalization is to the benefit of all developing countries, irrespective of their level of development; that the Invisible Hand of free market alone is conducive to industrialization, that the infant industry argument is against export expansion; that developed countries industrialized without government intervention; that WTO rules are conducive to development.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333595596
SKU
V9780333595596
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99-15
About Mehdi Shafaeddin
MEHDI SHAFAEDDIN is a development economist with D.Phil from Oxford University, UK. He is in charge of the Macroeconomics and Development Policies Branch, Globalization and Development Strategies Division of UNCTAD. He has extensive experience at national and international levels as a researcher, university lecturer and trainer. He has published a large number of articles on trade and industrial policies, economic ... Read more
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