| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 795 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"World Trade Organization, AusAID, Institute for International Trade." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The economic effects of trade on poverty reduction : perspectives from the economic literature / Euan MacMillan -- Transnational corporations and the global supply chain / Andrew L. Stoler -- Cambodia's textile and garment industry / Peter Van Diermen -- Australia's WTO trade-policy changes and the future of a Samoan car-parts investor / Margaret B. Malua -- The textile and clothing sector in Indonesia / Omas Bulan Samosir -- Transnational corporations and the footwear industry : women in Jakarta / Beta Gitaharie Laksono -- Pakistan : the arrival and departure of Nike / Safdar Sohail -- Vietnam : Intel and the electronics sector / Andrew L. Stoler and Phan Van Sam -- Agriculture and trade solutions for rural poverty / Lee Ann Jackson -- Food aid : commitments and oversight / John Finn -- Indigenous Nepalese and trade liberalisation / Purushottam Ojha -- Samoan agricultural policy : graduating from least developed country status / Hamish Smith and Lee Ann Jackson -- Bali's ornamental fishing industry / Lydia Napitupulu -- The rice sector in West Java / Milda Irhamni and Chaikal Nuryakin -- Chinese agricultural policy : central and western province / Shunli Yao -- Future of trade in services for developing countries / Joy Abrenica, Christopher Findlay, Aik Hoe Lim -- Information and communications technology services in Uganda / Siddhartha Prakash -- Health services in Malaysia / Aik Hoe Lim -- Trade in services liberalisation in India / Ajitava Raychaudhuri and Prabir De -- Trade, aid and services in Tanzania / Amanda Sunassee Lam -- Telecommunications reform in the Pacific and the case of Vanuatu / Chakriya Bowman -- Migration, labour mobility and poverty / Graeme Hugo -- Migrant labour and remittances in Bangladesh / Fahmida Khatun -- Migrant remittances in the state of Kerala, India / Saibal Kar -- Migrant workers and the role of remittances in Indonesia / Nur Hadi Wiyono and Dwini Handayani -- Labour mobility and poverty reduction in Tonga / Salote Vaimoano Taukolo, Jim Redden, Raelyn Esau -- Trade strategies for poverty reduction in small and vulnerable economies / Jim Redden and Ron Duncan -- Lombok pots / Heather Baigent -- Plantations to professors in Grenada / Sacha Silva -- Fisheries subsidies and the western and central Pacific / Manleen Dugal -- Trade and youth unemployment in Timor-Leste / Joao Saldanha and Jim Redden -- Trade reform and poverty reduction in Papua New Guinea / Nolpi Kilwa -- The future of the Fijian garment industry / Biman Chand Prasad, Yenteshwar Ram, Ariel Marr. |
| Summary |
An examination of how trade can act as a catalyst for poverty reduction in the Asia-Pacific region. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Poverty. |
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Asia. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Poverty -- Pacific Area -- Case studies.
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Pacific Area. |
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Asia -- Commerce -- Case studies.
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Commerce. |
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Pacific Area -- Commerce -- Case studies.
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Asia -- Economic policy -- Case studies.
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Economic policy. |
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Pacific Area -- Economic policy -- Case studies.
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Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Case studies.
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Developing countries. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Stoler, Andrew L.
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Redden, Jim, 1955-
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Jackson, Lee Ann.
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World Trade Organization.
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Australian Agency for International Development.
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University of Adelaide. Institute for International Trade.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Trade and poverty reduction in the Asia-Pacific region. Cambridge, UK New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521768368 (DLC) 2010280777 (OCoLC)401145559 |
| ISBN |
9781139190404 (electronic book) |
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1139190407 (electronic book) |
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9781139185509 (e-book) |
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1139185500 (e-book) |
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9781139162128 (electronic book) |
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1139162128 (electronic book) |
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9781139187817 |
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1139187813 |
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1283378132 |
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9781283378130 |
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9780521768368 |
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0521768365 |
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9780521745307 |
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0521745306 |
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