Drawing on three fields of economics (international, labour, and development), this study shows that expansion of North-South trade in manufactures has had a far greater impact on labour markets than earlier work suggested. In the South, unskilled workers have benefited most from this trade, but...

Trade Policies and Developing Nations. By A.O. Krueger. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995. Pp.xxvi + 124. £22.50 and £8.50. ISBN 0 8157 5056 0 and 5055 2 Constructing Democracy, Human Rights, Citizenship and Society in Latin America. Edited by Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg....

Whether a country's exports consist mainly of manufactures or mainly of primary products depends fundamentally on the skills of its labour force, relative to the extent of its natural resources. This proposition, derived from a modified version of Heckscher-Ohlin theory, is supported by a strong...

A survey of eight unitary development plans (UDPs) in metropolitan district authorities outside London is reviewed. The survey sought to assess the policy content of each UDP for its contribution towards the goal of sustainable development. Within the present framework of local-national...