00671nam a2200109Ia 4500080001300000245004800013260002400061300001000085500000800095520043900103583001900542  a07.03.07  aCountertrade : developing country practices  bOECDaParisFRc1985  a40 p.  aIDS  aExamines the nature and extent of countertrade and outlines the reasons why exporters resort to it.  Discusses the short and long term effects of countertrade.  Argues that in the longer run barter is an inefficient and costly method of trading and outlines the risk it poses for weakening the international trading system. Two annexes describe the main forms of countertrade and give an inventory of recent countertrade transactions.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR