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International institutions in trade and finance (Studies in economics)

Business & Money

MacBean, Alasdair I.

Economics

Allen& Unwin

International Institutions in Trading and Finance

Snowden, P. N.

Unwin Hyman

When this work was first published in 1966, there was much interest in various types of commodity agreements and compensatory financing as methods of reducing the effects of export fluctuations on the economies of developing countries. The book concluded that short term fluctuations in export earnings, though perhaps important for some countries, did not appear to be the general problem that had been assumed. If correct, it would suggest that any measures should be carefully designed to fit the situations of countries that were affected and be subjected to cost-benefit analysis. This led to many published and unpublished studies on the issues: some supported, others contradicted the book’s conclusions. The data available now are vastly greater and probably more accurate than pre-1966. However, the work and the issues it raised remain important because most schemes proposed to reduce export instability would be costly and likely to divert resources from uses more obviously aimed at raising economic development in most developing countries.

Export Instability and Economic Development

Reference

Routledge

Export Instability and Economic Development (Center for International Affairs)

Harvard University Press

Discusses the key issues concerned with primary commodity trade worldwide. It looks at patterns of trade, at changing demand and at the effects of fluctuations in spot and futures markets.

Commodity Policies: Problems and Prospects (Croom Helm Commodity Series)

Nguyen, D. T.

Routledge& Kegan Paul

A positive approach to the international economic order (Publications of the British-North American Committee)

sold by National Planning Association]

Positive Approach to the International Economic Order. Part 2: The Non-Trade Issues (British-North American Committee. Publications, Bd-24)

Natl Planning Assn

Originally published in 1987, this book discusses the key issues concerned with primary commodity trade worldwide. Primary commodities are crucially important for many developing countries because very often exports in just one or two primary commodities form the sole source of income for a developing country. Developing countries need above all stability in primary commodities trade to guarantee their future development. This book examines patterns of trade, changing demand and the effects of fluctuations in spot and futures markets. It analyses theories put forward to explain the problems and it reviews the research of the many international organisations which are concerned with the problems. It examines the international agreements and bodies which have been set up to stabilise trade and assesses the performance of these agreements and organisations.

Commodity Policies (Routledge Library Editions: Commodities)

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