The trade trap : poverty and the global commodity markets - Coote, Belinda (Oxford : Oxfam, 1996)
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.
Includes bibliographies and index
Keywords: International trade; Poverty -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Commerce; Developing countries -- Economic conditions