Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region

Case Studies and Lessons from Low-Income Communities
Herausgeber: Jackson, Lee Ann; Stoler, Andrew L.; Redden, Jim

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of how trade can act as a catalyst for poverty reduction in the Asia-Pacific region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 818
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1303g
• ISBN-13: 9780521745307
• ISBN-10: 0521745306
• Artikelnr.: 26572249

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Overview paper: The economic effects of trade on poverty
reduction Euan MacMillan; Part I. Transnational Corporations, Trade and
Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Transnational corporations and the
global supply chain Andrew Stoler; Case studies: 1. Cambodia's textile and
garment industry Peter Van Diermen; 2. Australia's WTO trade policy changes
& the future of a Samoan car parts investor Margaret B. Malua; 3. The
textile and clothing sector in Indonesia Omas Bulan Samosir; 4. TNCs and
the footwear industry - women in Jakarta Beta Yulianita G. Laksono; 5.
Pakistan: the arrival and departure of Nike Safdar Sohail; 6. Vietnam -
Intel and the electronics sector Andrew Stoler and Phan Van Sam; Part II.
Trade in Agriculture and Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Agriculture and
trade solutions for rural poverty Lee Ann Jackson; Case studies: 7. Food
aid: commitments and oversight John Finn; 8. Indigenous Nepalese and trade
liberalisation Ojha Purushottam; 9. Samoan agricultural policy - graduating
from LDC status Hamish Smith and Lee Ann Jackson; 10. Bali's ornamental
fishing industry Lydia Napitupulu and Victoria Donaldson; 11. The rice
sector in West Java Milda Irhamni and Chaikal Nuryakin; 12. Chinese
agricultural policy - Central and Western Province Shunli Yao; Part III.
Trade in Services and Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Future of trade in
services for developing countries Joy Abrenica, Christopher Findlay and Aik
Hoe Lim; Case studies: 13. ICT services in Uganda Siddhartha Prakash; 14.
Health services in Malaysia Aik Hoe Lim; 15. Trade in services
liberalisation in India Ajitava Raychaudhuri and Prabir De; 16. Trade, aid
and services in Tanzania Amanda Sunassee Lam; 17. Telecommunications reform
in the Pacific and the case of Vanuatu Chakriya Bowman; Part IV. Migration,
Labour Mobility and Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Migration, labour
mobility and poverty reduction Graeme Hugo; Case studies: 18. Migrant
labour and remittances in Bangladesh Fhamida Khatun; 19. Migrant
remittances in the state of Kerala, India Saibal Kar; 20. Migrant workers
and the role of remittances in Indonesia Nur Wiyono and Dwini Handayani;
21. Labour mobility and poverty reduction in Tonga Vaimoano Taukolo, Jim
Redden and Raelyn Esau; Part V. Trade and Poverty Reduction in Small and
Vulnerable Economies: Thematic paper: Trade strategies for poverty
reduction in SVEs Jim Redden and Ron Duncan; Case studies: 22. Lombok pots
Heather Baigent; 23. Plantations to professors in Grenada Sacha Silva; 24.
Fisheries subsidies and the western and central Pacific Manleen Dugal; 25.
Trade and youth unemployment in East Timor Joao Saldanha and Jim Redden;
26. Trade reform and poverty reduction in PNG Nolpi Kilwa; Future of the
Fiji garment industry Biman Chand Prasad, Yenteshwar Ram and Ariel Marr.