Trade and poverty reduction in the Asia-Pacific region
Subtitle: case studies and lessons from low-income communities
By: edited by Andrew L. Stoler, Jim Redden and Lee Ann Jackson
Contributors: World Trade Organization; Australian Agency for International Development; University of Adelaide. Institute for International Trade
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 795
ISBN-13: 9780521768368; 9780521745307
Description: This book explores the complex relationship between international trade and poverty reduction through a combination of research papers and contemporary case studies. Written mainly by developing-country authors in consultation with local businesses and communities, the case studies contribute to our understanding of the ways in which low-income communities are dealing with trade as a practical challenge, especially in the Asia-Pacific region where approximately two-thirds of the world's poor live. While making it clear that there is no 'one size fits all' formula, the research and stories highlight a number of necessary preconditions, such as political commitment and cooperation at all levels, if trade is to successfully reduce poverty. Openness to trade, serious commitment to domestic reform, trade-related capacity building, a robust and responsible private sector and access to the markets of developed countries are all identified as powerful tools for building trade-related sustainable development. -- Back cover.
Notes: "World Trade Organization, AusAID, Institute for International Trade."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The economic effects of trade on poverty reduction : perspectives from the economic literature / Euan MacMillan; title: Transnational corporations and the global supply chain / Andrew L. Stoler; title: Cambodia's textile and garment industry / Peter Van Diermen; title: Australia's WTO trade-policy changes and the future of a Samoan car-parts investor / Margaret B. Malua; title: The textile and clothing sector in Indonesia / Omas Bulan Samosir; title: Transnational corporations and the footwear industry : women in Jakarta / Beta Gitaharie Laksono; title: Pakistan : the arrival and departure of Nike / Safdar Sohail; title: Vietnam : Intel and the electronics sector / Andrew L. Stoler and Phan Van Sam; title: Agriculture and trade solutions for rural poverty / Lee Ann Jackson; title: Food aid : commitments and oversight / John Finn; title: Indigenous Nepalese and trade liberalisation / Purushottam Ojha; title: Samoan agricultural policy : graduating from least developed country status / Hamish Smith and Lee Ann Jackson; title: Bali's ornamental fishing industry / Lydia Napitupulu; title: The rice sector in West Java / Milda Irhamni and Chaikal Nuryakin; title: Chinese agricultural policy : central and western province / Shunli Yao; title: Future of trade in services for developing countries / Joy Abrenica, Christopher Findlay, Aik Hoe Lim; title: Information and communications technology services in Uganda / Siddhartha Prakash; title: Health services in Malaysia / Aik Hoe Lim; title: Trade in services liberalisation in India / Ajitava Raychaudhuri and Prabir De; title: Trade, aid and services in Tanzania / Amanda Sunassee Lam; title: Telecommunications reform in the Pacific and the case of Vanuatu / Chakriya Bowman; title: Migration, labour mobility and poverty / Graeme Hugo; title: Migrant labour and remittances in Bangladesh / Fahmida Khatun; title: Migrant remittances in the state of Kerala, India / Saibal Kar; title: Migrant workers and the role of remittances in Indonesia / Nur Hadi Wiyono and Dwini Handayani; title: Labour mobility and poverty reduction in Tonga / Salote Vaimoano Taukolo, Jim Redden, Raelyn Esau; title: Trade strategies for poverty reduction in small and vulnerable economies / Jim Redden and Ron Duncan; title: Lombok pots / Heather Baigent; title: Plantations to professors in Grenada / Sacha Silva; title: Fisheries subsidies and the western and central Pacific / Manleen Dugal; title: Trade and youth unemployment in Timor-Leste / Joao Saldanha and Jim Redden; title: Trade reform and poverty reduction in Papua New Guinea / Nolpi Kilwa; title: The future of the Fijian garment industry / Biman Chand Prasad, Yenteshwar Ram, Ariel Marr.