Economic North–South Divide

Six Decades of Unequal Development

AvH. W. Singer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Since the 1940s, development thinking has been the subject of fierce debate and continual evolution. The authors of this book trace the ideas that have driven changing approaches to development, focusing also on the Prebisch-Singer Thesis, which seeks to explain the widening gaps between rich and poor nations, caused by unequal distribution of trade benefits. They discuss both aid during and after the cold war, and the rise and subsequent liberalisation crisis of the Asian 'Tiger Economies'.The Economic North-South Divide goes on to explore the structural roots of the debt crisis and considers the impact of debt management on North-South economic relations, exposing certain double standards that tilt global markets further against the South. Encouraged by recent successful opposition to neoliberalism, the authors finally propose ideas for a world where people seem to matter. This book is a welcome addition to the debate and will appeal to anyone interested in economic development and history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-08-28
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781840641523

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Internationell ekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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Kunibert Raffer, formerly Professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria and the late H.W. Singer, formerly Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

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'This is a distinguished book written by two distinguished analysts of, and commentators on, the outcomes and processes that have dominated the evolution of the global economic order over the last sixty years.'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: Preface 1. Six Decades of Economic and Social Development Policies 2. Beyond Terms of Trade: Convergence, Divergence, and (Un)Creative Destruction 3. The Evolution of Development Thinking 4. The Neoliberal Tide of the ‘Washington Consensus’ 5. Aid to Development and the Bipolar World 6. ODA after the Cold War: Less Money at Tougher Conditions 7. Lomé: Reflecting North–South Relations since Colonial Times 8. Oil: Temporarily a Special Case 9. The Asian Tigers: What do they Prove? 10. The Debt Crisis: Historical Roots and ‘Debt Management’ During the 1980s 11. Too Little, Too Slowly: Dragging the Debt Problem into the Third Millennium 12. The WTO – Tilting Trade Rules Further Against the South 13. Textiles and Apparel: Double Standards of Adjustment and Transition 14. Towards a More Equal World Order Bibliography Index