This study examines issues of trade and policy in developing Asian economies such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

Introduction 1 Trade policy and economic development: background and overview PART 1 Trade policy and development 2 Trade policy reforms and industrial restructuring in Sri Lanka 3 Export-oriented industrialisation, growth and equity in Malaysia 4 Structural adjustment reforms, saving and investment in India 5. Linkages and gains from export growth: issues and evidence from Indonesia PART II Foreign investment and export-oriented industrialisaton 6. Export-oriented foreign direct investment: a typology with evidence from Sri Lanka 7. Multinationals and export performance: analytical issues and empirical evidence 8 Multinationals, employment and real wages in Malaysian manufacturing PART III Export orientation and the world economy 9 Demand and supply factors in agricultural exports 10 The demand for NIC exports: does the small country assumption hold? 11 Terms of trade for manufactured exports from developing countries