368 Pages
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Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
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Routledge
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When this work was first published in 1966, there was much interest in various types of commodity agreements and compensatory financing as methods of reducing the effects of export fluctuations on the economies of developing countries. The book concluded that short term fluctuations in export earnings, though perhaps important for some countries, did not appear to be the general problem that had... Read more
Part I: Causes and Consequences 1. The Prima Facie Case 2. Causes of Excessive Fluctuation in Export Proceeds 3. The Short-Term Consequences 4. Economic Growth Part II: Five Cases 5. Uganda 6. Tangyanika 7. Puerto Rico 8. Chile 9. Pakistan Part III: National Policies 10. National Stabilization Policies 11. Fiscal and Monetary Policies Part IV: International Policies 12. International Commodity Agreements 13. International Compensatory Finance 14. The Role of the Industrial Countries 15. Summary of Findings
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Alasdair Macbean
