International Trade and Economic Development

Their discussion leads up to the present state of trade in which fragmentation of the production process offers the possibility of a much finer division of labor, opening up a sizable gain when parts and components are themselves tradeable, allowing ever greater gains from trade based on the Ricardian conception. The reader is carefully led through historys gains based on more open capital markets and the re-alignments suggested by comparative advantage. For countries anxious to develop, more open international trade is the basic route to obtain such gains. ― Ronald Jones, Xerox Professor of Economics, Economics Department, University of Rochester

This is a magnificent text which fills a real gap with a very lucid and insightful treatment. I recommend it most highly both to all students interested in trade and development and also to the faculty charged with teaching them. ― Wilfred J. Ethier, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

The structure of the book differs from that of a typical textbook on international trade. The reader is offered an analysis of the theoretical issues in international trade and economic development in an interconnected way, that is, how global markets affect the countrys economic growth and pattern of development. This is a novel approach, and combined with a rigorous analysis of the topics covered, it will appeal to readers interested in the theoretical aspects of globalisation and development. ― Tatyana Chesnokova, Economic Record

Saibal Kar is Associate Professor of Economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC). He is a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn. He was a Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2008-09) and is a guest lecturer at the Department of Economics, Calcutta University and Presidency University. Saibal has held visiting positions at Amsterdam School of Economics, Santa Fe Institute, HWWI Hamburg, UNU-WIDER, University of East Anglia, and Edith Cowan University. In recent years his research work in the areas of labour economics, international economics, and development economics, with emphasis on international labour migration. have been published in well known international journals. His book The Outsiders: Economic Reform and Informal Labour in a Developing Economy (with S. Marjit) was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.