Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region: Case Studies and Lessons from Low-income Communities

by Edited by Andrew L. Stoler , Jim Redden , Lee Ann Jackson

• ISBN13: 9780521768368
• ISBN10: 0521768365
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Overview paper: The economic effects of trade on poverty reduction

Transnational Corporations, Trade and Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Transnational corporations and the global supply chain

Case studies

Cambodia's textile and garment industry

Australia's WTO trade policy changes & the future of a Samoan car parts investor

The textile and clothing sector in Indonesia Omas

TNCs and the footwear industry - women in Jakarta Beta

Pakistan: the arrival and departure of Nike

Vietnam - Intel and the electronics sector

Trade in Agriculture and Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Agriculture and trade solutions for rural poverty

Case studies

Food aid: commitments and oversight

Indigenous Nepalese and trade liberalisation

Samoan agricultural policy - graduating from LDC status

Bali's ornamental fishing industry

The rice sector in West

Chinese agricultural policy - Central and Western Province

Trade in Services and Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Future of trade in services for developing countries

Case studies

ICT services in Uganda

Health services in Malaysia

Trade in services liberalisation in India

Trade, aid and services in Tanzania

Telecommunications reform in the Pacific and the case of Vanuatu

Migration, Labour Mobility and Poverty Reduction: Thematic paper: Migration, labour mobility and poverty reduction

Case studies

Migrant labour and remittances in Bangladesh

Migrant remittances in the state of Kerala, India

Migrant workers and the role of remittances in Indonesia

Labour mobility and poverty reduction in Tonga

Trade and Poverty Reduction in Small and Vulnerable Economies: Thematic paper: Trade strategies for poverty reduction in SVEs

Case studies

Lombok pots

Plantations to professors in Grenada

Fisheries subsidies and the western and central Pacific

Trade and youth unemployment in East Timor

Trade reform and poverty reduction in PNG

Future of the Fiji garment industry

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