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100 1 _aCoote, Belinda
245 1 4 _aThe trade trap :
_bpoverty and the global commodity markets /
_cBelinda Coote
250 _aSecond revised ed
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxfam,
_c[1996]
300 _ax, 214 pages :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographies and index
505 _aCONTENTS: 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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650 0 _aInternational trade
650 0 _aPoverty
_zDeveloping countries
651 0 _aDeveloping countries
_xCommerce
651 0 _aDeveloping countries
_xEconomic conditions
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