00747nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000130001724500480003026000240007830000100010250000080011252004390012058300190055994200060057899900170058420260716043007.0  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  cM  c38369d38369