Hanes W. Singer and Javed A. Ansari both Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, The City University

`...lively, topical and interesting...it will be widely read and deservedly so.' - Economic Journal

• List of Abbreviations; A Note on Terminology; Preface PART I: PERSPECTIVES 1) Introduction: The Current Economic Crisis and the Developing World 2) The International Economy 3) The Poor Countries PART II: TRADE 4) Trade and Development 5) Trade Policies of the Rich Countries 6) Trade Strategy PART III: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE 7) Aid and Development 8) Aid: Trends 9) The Debt Crisis 10) The Multinational Corporation in Developing Countries 11) The International Financial Systems and the Developing Countries PART IV: AN OVERVIEW 12) Forty Years of Changing Thought on Development Problems Statistical Appendix Index