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1 Udviklingsøkonomi - grundfag Lecture 18 Trade and development: Introduction 1

2 Overview and plan for the lectures on trade Introduction: facts and concepts Arguments for free trade Arguments for active trade policy Import substitution Eksport promotion Cases – Thailand and the Philippines (students presentations based on Todaro) Conclusions 2

3 Trade in relation to GDP Source: World Data 1997, World Bank 3

4 The structure of exports Note: Does not always sum to 100 due to unspecified trade Source: Annual Report 1997, World Trade Organization, vol. II 4

5 Growth in world trade (fixed 1980 dollar) 5 500 1000 1500 2000 197019751980198519901965 World export (billion 1980 dollar) Year

6 Export of manufactured goods – selected countries Source: Diverse 6

7 Trade and growth in Nigeria and South Korea Source: World Data, 1997, World Bank. NigeriaSouth Korea 7

8 Commodity terms of trade (non oil-producing developing countries) 8 90 100 110 120 19701975198019851990 Terms of trade index (1975 = 100) Year 80 70

9 Bytteforholdet Vareprisbytteforholdet (Commodity terms of trade, Net barter terms of trade) Indkomstbytteforholdet (income terms of trade, capacity to import) Price index for exports Price index for imports Exported amount 9

10 Theories of trade Comparative advantage Heckscher-Ohlin model Demand for variety Increasing returns to scale 10

11 Gains from trade 11 Manufacturing A C DB Domestic price ratio International price ratio Agriculture P P 0 Third World (without trade, production and consumption occur at A; with trade, production is at B, consumption is at C; exports = BD; imports =DC)

12 Arguments for free trade Specialisation (traditional static effect) Better allocation of the factors of produciton Promotion of comparative advantage Market growth Linkage effects Investment Increased savings and investment Information/knowledge Exposure to foreign technology, know how, needs, tastes etc Constraints in the national economy are circumvented – foreign demand is tapped into Increasing returns of production are realised Increased “learning by doing” 12


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