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Lecture 3:. Emerging Markets and Elements of Country Risk Analysis. World Trading System: Four Phases. 1952-1972: Development Strategies; 1972-1980: Transition and Reorientation; 1980-1990: Macro Adjustment, Trade Reform and shift in Development Strategies;
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Lecture 3: Emerging Markets and Elements of Country Risk Analysis.
World Trading System:Four Phases • 1952-1972: Development Strategies; • 1972-1980: Transition and Reorientation; • 1980-1990: Macro Adjustment, Trade Reform and shift in Development Strategies; • 1990-2007: New Globalisation Wave and WTO.
1952-1972 Development Strategies • Industrialisation in LDC: • Import substitution industrialisation (ISI). • Ideology: socialist versus capitalist development • Role of Government and private sector; • Role of Planning. • Early shift to Export Led Growth (ELG) on mfg: • Asian miracle: Korea, Taiwan, HK and Singapore; • Role of Global Markets; • Role of Government.
1952-1972World Trade • Developing Countries dependent on OECD markets: • Export of primary commodities; • Import industrial goods. • Trade Blocks: • North-South trade; • Little South-South trade.
1972-1980Transition • Emergence of East and South East Asia Trade Block; • Growth of Trade in mfg in developing countries: • Success in ELG development strategy (also during oil crises 1975-1978). • Failure of socialist development model: • Increase role of markets: capitalist model; • Concern with price distortions.
1980sAdjustment and Development • Financial and Macro Crises: • Inflation; • Financial capital flows and shocks; • Continued global trade liberalisation; • Spread of ELG development strategy.
Lessons (1) • Failure of socialist development model • No productivity growth; • Enormous distortions, rent seeking, and misallocation of resources. • Failure of ISI development strategy • Bias against agriculture; • Autarchy and ISI failed to insulate domestic economy: • Macro shock: • Protection and rent seeking: high cost.
Lessons (2) • ELG Strategy: • Comparative Advantage: labour-intensive mfg exports; • Better performance for poverty alleviation and income distribution; • Importance of mfg trade in ELG • Value added chains; • Declining importance of primary commodities Terms of Trade Problem • Reforms as a reaction to a crisis: • First VS second generation reforms; • It’s not a good strategy for development.
1990-2007New Globalisation Wave • Expanded role of International Governance: • Entry of Developing Countries in WTO; • Expanded role of trade: • Trade in services; • Fragmentation of Production • Value chains; • Productivity gains; • Continued Evolution of Global Trade Blocks: • LAC, Africa, East and South East Asia; • Asian Drivers: China and India. • Trade Policy and reforms slow down.
Emerging Markets?!?!? • Countries: • Asia (China! India! Indonesia!); • Latin America (Brazil!); • Africa (South Africa!); • East Europe and Russia. = BRIICS • Strengths and Opportunities; • Weaknesses and Threats.
Strengths and Opportunities: Economic Growth and Income Convergence
Weaknesses and Threats: volatility of per capital income growth rates
Weaknesses and Threats: not only economic aspects • NOT only economy features but also Socio-Political Elements! • Weak Infrastructure; • Lack of specialised intermediaries; • Weak regulatory system; • Weak contract-enforcing mechanisms; • Instable political system
Invest or not Invest? • YES! • Growing economies; • Increasing investment opportunities; • High revenues. • NO! • Default risk; • Volatility and Instability.
Further Reforms could decrease risk? • YES: Second Generation Wave of Reforms: • Complex domestic regulation; service regulation; technical standards; IPR, administration and competition rules; • Improve the business-climate! • Link between trade policy and domestic economic policy and institutional reforms; • Less dependent on trade negotiation and international organisation foreign-policy agenda; • More transparent!
Developing Countries and The Financial Crisis (1) • Financial sector • Decrease in the capital inflow; • Risk of capital outflow; • Increase in the risk ratio of these countries; • Devaluation of exchange rate; • Negative feed-backs on real investment! • Real Economy: • Decrease in the demand for export; • Decrease in FDI inflows; • Lower commodity prices (+ and -)
Developing Countries and The Financial Crisis (2) • Central and Eastern Europe are being the most adversely affected • Large current account (fiscal and external) deficit; • Latin America: • tight financial condition and weaker external demand; • Brazil and Mexico more hurtled from the world crisis; • Emerging Asia: • Reliance on manufacturing exports; • BUT domestic demand and strong policy stimulate the economy! • Africa and Middle East: • Lower GDP decrease than other regions • Commodity exporters; • Lower remittances; • FDI and aid flows reduction.
References • Razeen Sally (2009): “Globalisation and the Political Economy of Trade Liberalisationin the BRIICS”, chapter 4 in Lattimore and Safadi (2009): Globalisation and Emerging Economies”, OECD. • IMF (2009): ”Global Economic Policies and Prospects”, G20, London 13-14 March 2009. • Bergsten, C.F. (1999): “The Global Trading System and the Developing Countries in 2000”, WP 99-6, Institute for International Economics. • Balassa (1990): “Trade Between Developed and developing countries: a decade ahead” • Will, M. (2001): “Trade policy, developing Countries and Globalisation”, World Bank, Development Research Group.