Regional and Multilateral Trade in Developing Countries

ISBN-13: 9780415677868 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 430 str.

Shahid Ashraf; Shahid Ahmed

Opis

Contributed papers presented at two-day International Conference on "Dynamics of Regional Trade Agreements and WTO: Developing Countries' Perspectives" held at Dept. of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia in Dec. 2009.

Spis treści

List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: Macro and CGE Modelling of International Trade -- 1. Macro Effects of Global Economic Crisis on Trade, Economic Growth and Poverty in India -- K. N. Murty -- 2. Changing Rules of the Game of Textile Trade: Gender Implications for Pakistan from a CGE Analysis -- Rizwana Siddiqui -- 3. Quantitative Assessment of India-EU FTA: A CGE Analysis -- Shahid Ahmed -- Part 2: Regional Integration in South -- 4. South Asian Integration: Dream or Reality -- Rajan Sudesh -- 5. Fostering Regional Trade in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges -- Kazi Mahmudur Rahman, Syed Saifuddin Hossain, Asif Anwar and Md. Tariqur Rahman -- 6. A Study of Economic Feasibility of Optimum Currency Area in South Asia -- Mirza Allim Baig -- Part 3: Trade Integration in Africa and Arab States -- 7. Regional Integration and Small Resource-based Economies: An African Perspective -- Narain Sinha, Imogen Bonolo Mogotsi and Anthony Kimotho -- 8. Trade Agreements and Exports: A Case of Africa–China and the European Union Trade Relations -- Olayinka Idowu Kareem -- 9. The Contribution of Trade to Growth of Arab Countries -- Hossam Younes and Abd El-Wakil Mohammed -- Part 4: Sectoral Dimensions of International -- 10. Comparison of Trade Complementarities and Similarities between India and ASEAN Countries -- B. P. Sarath Chandran and P. K. Sudarsan -- 11. ASEAN–India Free Trade Agreements and Plantations: Beyond Casual Observations and Common sense -- K. J. -- 12. RTAs: The Way Forward for India -- Prahalathan S. Iyer -- 13. ASEAN–India FTA: Sensitivity Analysis of the Textiles and Clothing Sector of India -- P. Nayak and Shakeel -- 14. Impacts of Foreign Investment on Indian Auto Industry -- Badri Narayanan G. and Pankaj Vashisht -- Part 5: Some Legal and Other Economic Issues of the WTO Process -- 15. Escape Clauses under WTO: Complementary or Contradictory to the Liberalisation of International Trade in Goods -- Mohammad Alhihi -- 16. National Treatment Violations: Lessons from Competition Law -- Anton P. Petrov -- 17. Multilateralism Under GATT–WTO Regime: A Conceptual and Methodological Investigation -- Naushad Ali Azad -- 18. India’s Position in Doha Development Round of WTO: An Assessment -- Nilanjan Banik -- About the Editors -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

O autorze

Shahid Ahmed is Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.

Shahid Ashraf is Professor, Finance and Industry, Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.