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Trade costs and facilitation : open trade and economic development
2011
-36 -- Alberto Portugal-Perez and John S. Wilson (2008), 'Trade Costs in Africa: Barriers and Opportunities for Reform', Policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852332
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The open economy and the environment : development, trade and resources in Asia
Coxhead, Ian - 2003
The Open Economy and the Environment asks what globalization means for environmental quality and the use of natural resources in developing economies. The authors develop theoretical models that trace the effects of trade and trade liberalization on sectoral resource allocation, factor returns,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851028
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Trade policy reforms and development : essays in honour of Peter Lloyd. Volume II
Lloyd, Peter J. (contributor);  … - 2005
Trade Policy Reforms and Development, comprises 11 essays offering new contributions on the following topics: globalisation and political economy of trade; trade, labour standards and economic crisis; the changing role of the WTO; competition policy and the WTO; choice of formulas for market access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850921
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Regulating development : evidence from Africa and Latin America
Amann, Edmund (contributor) - 2006
Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation--good or bad--can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851078
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Uneven paths of development : innovation and learning in Asia and Africa
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Oyebanji - 2009
sectors act as seeds of economic progress. Detailed firm-level studies were carried out in seven countries, three in Africa … (Nigeria, Mauritius and South Africa) and four in Asia (China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia) …Learning to innovate : information hardware sector in Asia and Africa -- The rapid rise of China -- Low value …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851295
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Environmental accounting in action : case studies from southern Africa
Lange, Glenn-Marie - 2003
Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of … a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851938
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Handbook of research on the global political economy of work
Atzeni, Maurizio (ed.); Azzellini, Dario (ed.);  … - 2023
"This ground-breaking Handbook broadens empirical and theoretical understandings of work, work relations, and workers. It advances a global, intersectional labour studies agenda, laying the foundations for the politically emancipatory project of decolonising the political economy of work. Moving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437073
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Trade liberalization, competition and the WTO
Milner, Chris (contributor); Read, Robert (contributor) - 2002
The prospective WTO Millennium Round of negotiations will highlight critical economic issues regarding the application and implementation of the WTO rules to international trade in goods and services. In this book, a distinguished group of academic experts considers the agenda and areas of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850722
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The economics of free trade
Hufbauer, Gary Clyde - 2012
These two volumes survey the most important scholarly writings in economics and political science that explain the drivers and constraints to freer world trade. This authoritative collection, with contributions by leading academics, includes seminal studies that have changed the course of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852206
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the path to free trade area in the Asia Pacific
Chow, Peter C. Y. (contributor) - 2016
Preface -- Part I the pathways toward mega regionalism and the two major players -- 1. Pathways to free trade area in asia pacific: problems and prospects / Peter C.Y. Chow -- 2. The Trans-Pacific Partnership and America's strategic role in Asia / Claude Barfield -- 3. Wrestling over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419887