Exporting to industrial countries : prospects for businesses in developing countries

The decade of the 1980s provided many opportunities for developing country exporters. Above all else, the rapid growth in U.S. demand for imported goods allowed developing country exports to expand. As the 1980s drew to a close, rapid growth in Japan and Europe also began to boost their imports from...

• Corporate Author: Corporación Financiera Internacional
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1990
• Series: Discussion paper no. 8
• Subjects: EXPORTACIONES; COMERCIO EXTERIOR; IMPORTACIONES; PAISES DESARROLLADOS; PAISES EN DESARROLLO; PAISES INDUSTRIALIZADOS; TERCER MUNDO; RELACIONES COMERCIALES

Table of Contents:

• Executive summary
• 1. The world economic outlook and developing countries
• 2. The effect of trade policy decisions on export prospects
• 3. Major markets for LDC exports of manufactures: an overview
• 4. Responses by developing country enterprises to the trade challenges of the 1990s
• 5. The Japanese market: access for imports in the 1990s
• 6. The European Community: prospects for imports in the 1990s
• 7. Conclusions