Trade and poverty when the Third World fell behind / Jeffrey G. Williamson.

Author/creator Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
Descriptionxi, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Industries--Developing countries. --History.
Deindustrialization--Developing countries. --History.
Poverty--Developing countries. --History.
Developing countries--Commerce. --History.
Developing countries--Economic conditions. --Regional disparities.

Contents When the Third World fell behind -- The first global century up to 1913 -- Biggest Third World terms of trade boom ever? -- The economics of Third World growth engines and Dutch diseases -- Measuring third world de-industrialization and Dutch disease -- An Asian de-industrialization illustration : an Indian paradox? -- A Middle East de-industrialization illustration : Ottoman problems -- A Latin American de-industrialization illustration : Mexican exceptionalism -- Rising Third World inequality during the trade boom : did it matter? -- Export price volatility : another drag on Third World growth? -- Tying the knot : the globalization and great divergence connection -- Better late than never : industrialization spreads to the poor periphery -- Policy response : what did they do? What should they have done? -- Morals of the story.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010028163
ISBN9780262015158 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262015153 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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