Trade and Investment Division

Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Trade-led growth: A sound strategy for Asia
(ST/ESCAP/2618)

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CONTENTS		Page

	Preface and acknowledgements List of contributors Abbreviations and acronyms	ix xi xiii
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV.	Part One: Trade in times of global imbalances and crises A trade theory explanation of global imbalances Alan V. Deardorff World trade regime, World Trade Organization and large-scale crises Patrick A. Messerlin Part Two: Trade-led recovery and production networks Resiliency of production networks in Asia: Evidence from the Asian crisis Ayako Obashi Role of global production networks in understanding the impactsof the macroeconomic stimulus Tereso S. Tullao, Mitzie Irene P. Conchada and John Paolo R. Rivera Part Three: Multilateralizing regionalism in the Asia-Pacific region: Strengths, weaknesses and the political economy Trans-Pacific strategic economic partnership agreement: High standard or missed opportunity? Henry Gao A comparison of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement and the P4 Agreement Ann Capling Political economy of multilateralization in Asia John Ravenhill From the P4 Agreement to the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Explaining expansion interests in the Asia-Pacific region Deborah Elms Part Four: Institutions and trade enhancement Do institutions matter for trade in Asian countries? Prabir De National and supranational institutions and trade Pahan Prasada Part Five: Use of computable general equilibrium analysis for trade policymaking Scope for world trade reform to ease Asian poverty and inequality Kym Anderson Trade reforms under Doha and income distribution in South Asia John Gilbert Will trade liberalization in least developed countries help during the crisis? Evidence from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Phouphet Kyophilavong Trade and sectoral impacts of the global financial crisis – a dynamic computable general equilibrium analysis Anna Strutt and Terrie Walmsley Part Six: Conference reports Report by Conference Rapporteur, Simon J. Evenett Report by ARTNeT Secretariat	3 7 29 53 79 97 113 139 165 189 217 241 259 281 311 316

Last updated: 17 April 2012