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The trade trap : poverty and the global commodity markets / Belinda Coote

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxfam, [1996]Edition: Second revised edDescription: x, 214 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0855983515
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Contents:
CONTENTS: Acknowledgements -- Preface to the second edition -- Glossary -- Introduction -- The trade trap -- From tin barons to drug barons: commodity dependence in Bolivia -- Swings and roundabouts: why commodity prices rise and fall --'You can't pay the doctor in millet!' controlling international commodity prices -- Hedging your bets: price stabilisation and the futures markets -- The case of coconuts: market power and the vulnerability of small producers -- 1492 and all that: thrid world goods and first world markets -- Regulating world trade: the general agreement on tariffs and trade -- Going bananas: the impact of trade blocs on developing countries -- Chile: the costs of an economic miracle -- Shrimps for sale: diversification in Bangladesh -- Bridging gap: alternative trading -- From the margins to the mainstream: fairer trade initiatives -- Action for fairer trade: summary and recommendations -- From GATT to WTO: the results of the Uruguay round -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index.
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Includes bibliographies and index

CONTENTS: Acknowledgements -- Preface to the second edition -- Glossary -- Introduction -- The trade trap -- From tin barons to drug barons: commodity dependence in Bolivia -- Swings and roundabouts: why commodity prices rise and fall --'You can't pay the doctor in millet!' controlling international commodity prices -- Hedging your bets: price stabilisation and the futures markets -- The case of coconuts: market power and the vulnerability of small producers -- 1492 and all that: thrid world goods and first world markets -- Regulating world trade: the general agreement on tariffs and trade -- Going bananas: the impact of trade blocs on developing countries -- Chile: the costs of an economic miracle -- Shrimps for sale: diversification in Bangladesh -- Bridging gap: alternative trading -- From the margins to the mainstream: fairer trade initiatives -- Action for fairer trade: summary and recommendations -- From GATT to WTO: the results of the Uruguay round -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index.

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