This revised and updated version edition of this successful text takes into account developments since the first edition, which was published in 1985. It contains 9 specially commissioned essays by leading experts from around the world in the field of International Trade and looks at both the theoretical and policy issues of the subject. A new chapter has been added on Strategic Trade Policy and many of the other chapters have been extensively updated and rewritten.

This is the eighteenth volume in an annual series in which leading economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy.

• Examines key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade arrangements and policy developments at the national level

• The 2011 issue analyses global trade policy in areas such as Malaysia, West Africa and China

• Includes a review of antidumping, safeguards and countervailing duties from 1990-2009

• Includes chapters exploring WTO issues,...

Poverty alleviation is a major objective of development. More than a fifth of the world's population lives in absolute poverty, and the majority of the poor live in rural areas. This volume studies what can be done for alleviating rural poverty. Four chapters address the measurement of poverty and inequality, including the use of household expenditure surveys and intra-household income distribution. Evidence is presented for India, Mauritania, Cte d'Ivoire and China. Other chapters present case studies on strategies for rural development: provision of rural credit in Bangladesh and India;...