The author argues in this paper that the quantitative rise in world trade openness since 1980 may be less significant than the qualitative change in the structure of world trade, specifically the rise in intermediate goods trade resulting form the breaking up of the production process into...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on structural change and industrial policy trends from 1970-1980 in Japan - discusses adjustment to petroleum price increases and inflation, competition, changing occupational structure and trade structure, role of workers, trade unions and entrepreneurs (incl....

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of trade policy on economic growth, employment creation and income distribution, comprising a case study of Philippines - discusses trends (1950-1982) relating to economic disparity, unemployment, labour intensive export oriented industryalisation,...