By the mid-1990s, four economies in the region were among the world's ten largest exporters in this product area ... of total exports from developing countries and more than 60 per cent of total world trade in textiles and clothing.
Author: Ramesh Adhikari
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781781009581
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 214
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Experience suggests that trade liberalization has contributed substantially to the remarkable growth of industrialized countries. However, for various reasons many developing countries have not yet been able to integrate successfully into global markets and reap the growth-inducing and poverty-reducing benefits of trade. This book argues that while developing countries are heavily represented in the WTO - accounting for about four-fifths of its membership - there is still plenty of scope for the world trading system to work more effectively in their interests.
