Bibliograph

New silk roads, East Asia and world textile markets, edited by Kym Anderson

Type

Label

New silk roads, East Asia and world textile markets, edited by Kym Anderson

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

New silk roads

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1030103762

Responsibility statement

edited by Kym Anderson

Series statement

Trade and developmentCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

East Asia and world textile markets

Summary

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. 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, first published in 1992, 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.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The changing role of fibres, textiles and clothing as economies grow / Kym Anderson -- The experience of Japan in historical and international perspective / Young-Il Park and Kym Anderson -- Effects of China's dramatic reforms on its neighbours and on world markets / Kym Anderson and Young-Il Park -- Thailand's growth in textile and clothing exports / Suphat Suphachalasai -- The multi-fibre arrangement and China's growth prospects / John Whalley -- International competition and Japan's domestic adjustments / Hideki Yamawaki -- The new silk road to Europe / Carl B. Hamilton -- The redirection of United States imports / Joseph Pelzman -- Structural adjustments in Australia and New Zealand / Peter J. Lloyd -- Future prospects and policy implications / Kym Anderson -- Appendix : Data on world production, consumption and trade in textiles, clothing and fibres / Prue Phillips and Kym Anderson

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