Trade and Industrialization in Developing Agricultural Economies

October 1, 1999

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Athanasios Vamvakidis, and Sergei Dodzin. Trade and Industrialization in Developing Agricultural Economies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

This paper examines the impact of international trade on industrialization in developing agricultural economies. The findings show that developing agricultural economies that increased their openness during 1970-95 experienced an increase in their share of industrial production at the expense of agricultural production. This is in contrast to what many policymakers in these economies have often argued when trying to promote industrialization by restricting trade. The paper presents an infant industry model with learning effects from imports of manufacturing products that is consistent with the supporting empirical results.

Subject: Agricultural sector, Economic sectors, Imports, Industrial sector, International trade, Manufacturing, Trade liberalization

Keywords: Agricultural sector, Agriculture value, Closed economy, East Asia, Economic integration, Free trade, Global, Import share, Imports, Industrial sector, Industrialization, Infant industry argument, Learning by doing, Manufacturing, Trade liberalization, Trade share, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

41
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Working Paper No. 1999/145
Stock No:

WPIEA1451999
ISBN:

9781451856521
ISSN:

1018-5941

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