Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010

This paper reviews trends and patterns in developing countries' trade from 1980 to 2010. During the 30-year span, world trade expanded rapidly, especially in developing countries in the last decade. A similar picture emerges in trade in servic...

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Main Authors:	Michalopoulos, Constantine, Ng, Francis
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE ANNUAL % GROWTH ANNUAL % GROWTH RATE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING MARKETS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPORT BASKET EXPORT DYNAMISM EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GROWTH IN TRADE GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH INCOME IMPORTS INCOME INCOME COUNTRY INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INEQUALITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADING INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM INVERSE RELATIONSHIP LDCS LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MIDDLE INCOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES MULTILATERAL TRADE OUTPUT PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST RAPID EXPANSION RAPID GROWTH REGIONAL GROWTH SMALL ECONOMIES TRADE AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES URUGUAY ROUND WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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spelling	okr-10986-121582021-04-23T14:03:06Z Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010 Michalopoulos, Constantine Ng, Francis AGRICULTURE ANNUAL % GROWTH ANNUAL % GROWTH RATE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING MARKETS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPORT BASKET EXPORT DYNAMISM EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GROWTH IN TRADE GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH INCOME IMPORTS INCOME INCOME COUNTRY INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INEQUALITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADING INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM INVERSE RELATIONSHIP LDCS LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MIDDLE INCOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES MULTILATERAL TRADE OUTPUT PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST RAPID EXPANSION RAPID GROWTH REGIONAL GROWTH SMALL ECONOMIES TRADE AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES URUGUAY ROUND WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO This paper reviews trends and patterns in developing countries' trade from 1980 to 2010. During the 30-year span, world trade expanded rapidly, especially in developing countries in the last decade. A similar picture emerges in trade in services. These overall trends, however, mask different trade patterns during some of the time periods and among different developing countries and groups. For example, except for Asia, the 1980s were pretty much a "lost" decade for many developing countries and groups. But that changed in the 1990s and 2000s, with trade by all major developing countries growing faster than developed countries. From 1980 to 2000, trade by Least Developed Countries grew much more slowly than that of developing countries as a whole. But those countries saw the fastest growth in trade in the following decade. This strong overall trade performance -- with some exceptions (for example Sub-Sahara Africa in the manufacturing trade) -- raises questions about sustainability, trade policy and the architecture of the trading system. 2013-01-25T22:09:11Z 2013-01-25T22:09:11Z 2013-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17196495/trends-developing-country-trade-1980-2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12158 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6334 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	AGRICULTURE ANNUAL % GROWTH ANNUAL % GROWTH RATE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING MARKETS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPORT BASKET EXPORT DYNAMISM EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GROWTH IN TRADE GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH INCOME IMPORTS INCOME INCOME COUNTRY INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INEQUALITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADING INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM INVERSE RELATIONSHIP LDCS LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MIDDLE INCOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES MULTILATERAL TRADE OUTPUT PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST RAPID EXPANSION RAPID GROWTH REGIONAL GROWTH SMALL ECONOMIES TRADE AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES URUGUAY ROUND WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURE ANNUAL % GROWTH ANNUAL % GROWTH RATE ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL RATE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING MARKETS DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPORT BASKET EXPORT DYNAMISM EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SERVICE GDP GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GROWTH IN TRADE GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH INCOME IMPORTS INCOME INCOME COUNTRY INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INEQUALITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADING INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM INVERSE RELATIONSHIP LDCS LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MIDDLE INCOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES MULTILATERAL TRADE OUTPUT PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST RAPID EXPANSION RAPID GROWTH REGIONAL GROWTH SMALL ECONOMIES TRADE AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES URUGUAY ROUND WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Michalopoulos, Constantine Ng, Francis Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6334
description	This paper reviews trends and patterns in developing countries' trade from 1980 to 2010. During the 30-year span, world trade expanded rapidly, especially in developing countries in the last decade. A similar picture emerges in trade in services. These overall trends, however, mask different trade patterns during some of the time periods and among different developing countries and groups. For example, except for Asia, the 1980s were pretty much a "lost" decade for many developing countries and groups. But that changed in the 1990s and 2000s, with trade by all major developing countries growing faster than developed countries. From 1980 to 2000, trade by Least Developed Countries grew much more slowly than that of developing countries as a whole. But those countries saw the fastest growth in trade in the following decade. This strong overall trade performance -- with some exceptions (for example Sub-Sahara Africa in the manufacturing trade) -- raises questions about sustainability, trade policy and the architecture of the trading system.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Michalopoulos, Constantine Ng, Francis
author_facet	Michalopoulos, Constantine Ng, Francis
author_sort	Michalopoulos, Constantine
title	Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010
title_short	Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010
title_full	Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010
title_fullStr	Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010
title_full_unstemmed	Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010
title_sort	trends in developing country trade 1980-2010
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17196495/trends-developing-country-trade-1980-2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12158
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Trends In Developing Country Trade 1980-2010

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