1. Trade liberalisation and poverty in South Asia : reforms, stylised facts and preview / Prema-Chandra Athukorala, Jayatilleke S. Bandara and Saman Kelegama -- 2. Trade and poverty : theory, evidence and policy issues / Jayatilleke S. Bandara -- 3. Bangladesh / Selim Raihan -- 4. Bhutan /...

The prime focus of the book is on Malaysia's radical policy decision to pursue an independent recovery path, cut off from world markets by a system of capital control, as a viable alternative to the conventional market centred approach. The analysis suggests that, against the initial dire...

Multinational enterprises and developing countries : background and preview -- Foreign direct investment in developing Asia : trends, patterns and prospects -- Multinational enterprises and manufacturing for export : emerging patterns and opportunities for latecomers -- Product fragmentation and...