Recent Trends in Developing Country Exports

Alexander J. Yeats
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Chapter 3 in Trade Barriers Facing Developing Countries, 1979, pp 36-63 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As indicated in the preceding discussion, theoretical models of the development process often assign a key role to various aspects of commercial trade policy. Aside from maintenance of a steady growth in exports, with accompanying increases in foreign exchange earnings, recent thinking has also emphasised the need for developing countries to reduce their dependence on traditional primary product exports. Factors cited for this proposed shift are a deterioration in the terms of trade for commodities relative to manufactures, as well as the instability of primary product prices and resulting uncertainty for development planning and finance.1 In addition, a transfer of the processing function to the LDCs should provide an efficient method for absorbing some of the surplus labour existing in these countries.

Keywords: European Economic Community; Primary Commodity; Foreign Exchange Earning; Export Concentration; Develop Country Export (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04225-8_3

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