Open AccessForeign Trade Regimes and Economic Development: The Philippines. By Robert E. Baldwin. New York: Columbia University Press (Published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, New York). 165 Pp.
Author(s) -
Javed Ashraf
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v15i2pp.231-233
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , sister , economics , liberalization , control (management) , foreign exchange , resource (disambiguation) , economic liberalization , economic history , international economics , political science , monetary economics , management , market economy , law , computer science , operating system , computer network
In line with the theme set out in its sister volumes, the bookunder review explores the anatomy of exchange control, theliberalization of exchange controls and the relationship of the exchangecontrol system to growth for Philippines for the period from World WarII to 1971. It makes searching probes-into how different commercialpolicies and exchange controls influenced growth, employment, resourceallocation and income distribution. A great deal of attention is focusedon the evaluation of attempts to liberalize the exchange controls.Fiscal and monetary measures are also accorded detailed treat¬mentcommensurate with their importance.