01892nam a2200265 4500 7684 20181127184134.0 961218t19961996enk 000 0 eng d 0855983515 Coote, Belinda The trade trap : poverty and the global commodity markets / Belinda Coote Second revised ed Oxford : Oxfam, [1996] x, 214 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. International trade Poverty Developing countries Developing countries Commerce Developing countries Economic conditions 6590 6590 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2022-05-27 11636 2 332 COO 30012312 2024-10-15 00:00:00 2024-10-03 2018-11-27 MAIN