Journal of Development Studies articles from December 2000

Journal of Development Studies archives from December 2000

Globalisation and Trade: The Implications for Exports from Marginalised Economies.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Why has growth, especially in exports, in low-income developing and transitional countries been low relative to the rest of the world? Why is it that such countries appear not to be benefiting from globalisation? These are the questions...

Skills, Investment and Exports from Manufacturing Firms in Africa.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... It has been argued that Africa will not be able to export manufactures as it lacks the necessary skills. This study uses panel data from Ghana to ask how skills have impacted on manufacturing investment and exports in the 1990s. Two dimensions...

Exporting Activity in Transitional Economies: An Enterprise-Level Study.(Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... This study represents the first enterprise-level analysis of the determinants of exporting in transitional economies, and focuses on privatised manufacturing firms in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Employing models developed from the existing...

Policy and Non-Policy Barriers to Trade and Implicit Taxation of Exports in Uganda.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Uganda has made significant progress in reducing policy-induced anti-export bias in its trade policy in the 1990s. Taxes on exports have been abolished, and import protection has been reduced considerably Such trade policy barriers are only a...

Why does Zimbabwe Export Manufactures and Uganda Not? Econometrics Meets History.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Uganda and Zimbabwe are predicted, on the basis of their human and natural resources, to have similar shares of manufactures in their exports. However, Uganda falls a long way short of the predicted share, while Zimbabwe greatly exceeds it....

Globalisation and Unequalisation: What Can Be Learned from Value Chain Analysis?
December 1, 2000... Although many have gained from the process of globalisation, there remains a stubbornly large number of people living in absolute poverty and a rise in inequality within and between countries. The issue is thus not whether to participate in the...

Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Production of fresh vegetables for export has grown rapidly in a number of countries in sub-Saharan African over the past decade. This trade brings producers and exporters based in Africa together with importers and retailers in Europe. Large...

Learning from Global Buyers.(Globalisation analysis)
December 1, 2000... An increasing number of developing countries engage in contract manufacturing for a decreasing number of global buyers. This constellation characterises many labour intensive export sectors. The positioning of developing country enterprises in...