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

Publication Info.	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	This work explores how the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap between rich and poor countries today.
Subject	Industries -- Developing countries -- History.
	Deindustrialization -- Developing countries -- History.
	Developing countries -- Commerce -- History.
	Poverty -- Developing countries -- History.
	Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
	Commerce. (OCoLC)fst00869279
	Deindustrialization. (OCoLC)fst00889862
	Economic history -- Regional disparities. (OCoLC)fst01352853
	Industries. (OCoLC)fst00971852
	Poverty. (OCoLC)fst01074093
	Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
	Internationalisatie. (NL-LeOCL)07854825X
	Armoede. (NL-LeOCL)078438012
	Deïndustrialisatie. (NL-LeOCL)078481384
	Internationale handel. (NL-LeOCL)07854792X
	Ontwikkelingslanden. (NL-LeOCL)078612292
	Industrihistoria -- U-länder.
	Fattigdomx historia -- U-länder.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Geschiedenis (vorm) (NL-LeOCL)088143147
Other Form:	Print version: Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935- Trade and poverty. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262015158 (DLC) 2010028163 (OCoLC)648146940
Standard No.	9786612978500
ISBN	9780262295727 (electronic bk.)
	0262295725 (electronic bk.)

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