On Planning for Development: Trade and Development Reports (TADR):
Trade and Development Report
2003
Capital accumulation, growth and structural change
Developing countries in
world trade
The Trade and Development
Report 2003 offers a distinct
perspective on global economic trends and
prospects. With the leading industrial
countries still not pulling in the same
direction, prospects for much of the
developing world are clouded by tensions in
the trading system, volatility in the currency
market and deflationary pressures. This year´s
Report traces the difficulties back
to the pattern of global trade and financial
flows in the 1990s. But the Report
also asks whether market-led reforms adopted
in many developing countries after the debt
crisis of the early 1980s have strengthened
these countries´ ability to withstand
external shocks. The Report looks for
clues in what has been happening to their
investment climate, their patterns of
industrial development and their international
competitiveness. The focus of this analysis is
Latin America, where reforms have gone
furthest, but where initially observed
successes have not endured. As the UN
Secretary-General notes in his Foreword,
"The Report provides
explanations that may challenge conventional
points of view, and calls for new thinking on
development strategies".
The Report analyses the troubled
state of the world economy and asks some key
questions:
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Do recent signs of recovery suggest the
United States has now thrown off the
legacies of earlier financial excess, or
is a more uncertain period of jobless
growth the more likely scenario in the
coming year? And are the constraints on
growth in the European Union structural or
macroeconomic in origin?
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What has allowed Asia to steer through
the global downturn and re-establish its
position as growth hub of the South?
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What caused the trade and financial
surges of the 1990s, and should policy
makers in developing countries be counting
on their repetition?
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Does downsizing the public sector and
promoting private investment attract
foreign direct investment and describe a
good investment climate?
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Why are parts of the developing world
"deindustrializing", and is this
damaging their development prospects?
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What are the ingredients of competitive
success in today´s rapidly integrating
world economy, and which countries have
been finding the right blend?
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Are there alternatives to the
"Washington Consensus"?
Table of contents
Foreword,
contents, explanatory notes, abbreviations
Overview
Part One - Global Trends and Prospects
Chapter I
The World Economy: Performance and Prospects
A. Introduction
B. Persistent weaknesses in the developed economies
C. Developing countries and transition economies: disparities in growth performance
D. Economic prospects and policies to promote global recovery
Chapter II
Financial Flows to Developing Countries and Transition Economies
A. Recent trends
B. Prospects for capital flows to developing countries: a historical perspective
Chapter III
Trade Flows and Balances
A. Recent trends
B. Prospects: To what extend can trade expand faster than production?
Annex to Chapter 3
Part Two - Capital Accumulation, Economic Growth and Structural Change
Chapter IV
Economic Growth and Capital Accumulation
A. Growth divergence: the recent record
B. The role of investment in the design of development strategies
C. Capital formation: recent trends
D. Conclusions
Chapter V
Industrialization, Trade and Structural Change
A. Introduction
B. Structural change and economic development
C. Productivity growth: inter-industry patterns
D. Trade and the pattern of structural change
E. Conclusions
Chapter VI
Policy reforms and economic performance: The Latin
American Experience
A. Introduction
B. Policy cycles in Latin America: a historical perspective
C. Policy reforms and dilemmas
D. Structural adjustment and imbalances
E. Policy challenges
Press Information
1.-
´PREMATURE DEINDUSTRIALIZATION´ DAMAGING GROWTH PROSPECTS IN LATIN AMERICA,
ACCORDING TO UNCTAD STUDY, 02/10/03 (UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2003/98)
2.-
´THE THRILL IS GONE´: DEVELOPED-COUNTRY GROWTH PROSPECTS RESTRAINED BY 1990s
LEGACIES, SAYS UNCTAD REPORT, 02/10/03 (UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2003/96)
3.-
DEVELOPMENT RECORD OF MARKET-DRIVEN GLOBALIZATION POINTS TO URGENT NEED FOR POLICY
RETHINK, UNCTAD STUDY CONCLUDES, 02/10/03 (UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2003/95)
4.-
UNCTAD SCEPTICAL AS TO REBOUND IN TRADE AND FINANCIAL FLOWS, 02/10/03 (UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2003/94)
5.-
UNCTAD REPORT SHOWS GLOBAL SLOWDOWN HAVING VERY UNEVEN IMPACT ON DEVELOPING WORLD,
02/10/03 (UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2003/97)
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