Trade, Growth and Development

Göte Hansson is associate professor of economics, School of Economics and Management, University of Lund, Sweden.

• Preface INTRODUCTION Part I Recent developments in the theory of trade, growth and economic development 1 INSTITUTIONS, KNOWLEDGE, TRADE AND GROWTH: A PERSONAL ADDRESS 2 THE NEW GROWTH THEORY, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT: SOME BRIEF REFLECTIONS 3 WAGE DISPERSION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE SERVICES SECTOR Part II Latin America 4 SPAIN AND THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA: PROFITS, RELIGION AND FORCED LABOUR IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES 5 DO TERMS OF TRADE MATTER? TERMS OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA 6 ELEMENTS DETERMINING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF GUATEMALAN PRIMARY EXPORTS 7 FOREIGN FIRMS AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA: LESSONS FROM THE DEBT CRISIS Part III Asia 8 EAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT AND JAPANESE DIRECT INVESTMENT 9 DIRIGISME OR FREE-TRADE REGIME? A HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TAIWANESE SUCCESS STORY 10 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE EXPERIENCE OF KOREA AND TAIWAN 11 ECONOMIC REFORMS UNDER AN IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION REGIME: THE EXPERIENCE OF BANGLADESH Part IV Africa 12 EXCHANGE RATE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: TANZANIA AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE 13 MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION IN KENYA, UGANDA AND ZAMBIA 14 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE EXPERIENCE OF ETHIOPIA 15 REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND INTRA[1]AFRICAN TRADE: ISSUES FOR DEVELOPMENT