This book explores in-depth the major issues and important aspects of this economic recovery and its potential impact on growth, development, trade and investment. Expert contributors also discuss the global directions in international economic and financial relations, corporate and public...

Trade reforms and poverty-- the case of Cambodia / Isidro Soloaga -- International exposure, unionization, and market concentration-- the effects on factor use and firm productivity in Uruguay / Carlos Casacuberta, Gabriela Fachola and Néstor Gandelman -- Trade capacity building in Sub-Saharan...

Is growth theory a real subject? /Franklin M. Fisher --What is endogenous growth theory? /Mark Roberts and Mark Setterfield --Is the natural rate of growth exogenous? /Miguel Leon-Ledesma and A.P. Thirlwall --The representative firm and increasing returns : then and now /Stephanie Blankenberg...

Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This original book fills that knowledge gap by exploring relevant concepts, measurement issues, aspects of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure...