social costs of the crisis and boosting investment. Its chapters analyse the dynamics of globalization and the policy …Foreword .-- I. The present and future of globalization: crises, environmental emergency .-- II. Production structure …

China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the …

The Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) entered its second phase of implementation in 2008. The creation … of a free trade area is expected to affect its participants—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and … Sri Lanka—very differently given their diversity in terms of size, income, and structure of trade and protection. Using …

but have subsequently tracked export parity international levels following reforms to trade and pricing policies and a … international markets. Among the farm households that produce cotton, about 40 percent of total income comes from its production …

reciprocal free trade agreements with them through Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). As a result, the EPA talks were … interests of developing countries. This policy shift from preferential trade to free trade would imply drastic changes for … would result in improved access to foreign markets only for the EU. Furthermore, the EPA implies a loss of tariff revenues …