Buch, Englisch, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
Reihe: Trade and Development
East Asia and World Textile Markets
Buch, Englisch, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 521 g
Reihe: Trade and Development
ISBN: 978-0-521-39278-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The changing patterns of production and trade in fibres, textiles and clothing provide a classic case study of the dynamics of our interdependent world economy. Nowhere have these patterns changed more than in East Asia in recent decades. For centuries Asia supplied the textile factories of Europe with natural fibres, including silk from East Asia exports virtually no natural fibres and instead is the world's most important exporter of manufactured textile products and chief importer of fibres. New Silk Roads demonstrates that despite the import barriers erected by advanced economies, textiles and clothing production continues to serve as an engine of growth for developing economies seeking to export their way out of poverty. This book is based on selected papers given at a conference which discussed East Asia's role in world fibre, textile and clothing markets. It draws on trade and development theory as well as on historical evidence to trace the development of these changing markets, which are now dominated by the newly industrialized economies of Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong and, increasingly, China and Thailand. It also addresses the way in which advanced industrialized countries have responded to East Asia's rapid industrialization, the role of the Multi Fibre Arrangement in limiting Asian penetration into the markets of those countries, and the implications of further European integration on these markets.
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List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations and acronyms; Symbols; Introduction and summary Kym Anderson; Part I. Fibres, Textiles and Economic Development: 1. The changing role of fibres, textiles and clothing as economies grow Kym Anderson; 2. The experience of Japan in historical and international perspective Young-Il Park and Kym Anderson; 3. Effects of China's dramatic reforms on its neighbours and on world markets Kym Anderson and Young-Il Park; 4. Thailand's growth in textile and clothing exports Suphat Suphachalasai; Part II. Demand For Textile Exports From Newly Industrializing Asia: 5. The Multi-Fibre Arrangement and China's growth prospects John Whalley; 6. International competition and Japan's domestic adjustments Hideki Yamawaki; 7. The new silk road to Europe Carl B. Hamilton; 8. The redirection of United States imports Joseph Pelzman; 9. Structural adjustments in Australia and New Zealand Peter J. Lloyd; Part III. Conclusions: 10. Future prospects and policy implications Kym Anderson; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
