The economic North-South divide : six decades of unequal development / Kunibert Raffer, H.W. Singer.

Author
Raffer, Kunibert, 1951- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, ©2001.
Description
ix, 293 pages ; 25 cm

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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."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-280) and index.
    Contents
    • 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 on tougher conditions
    • 7. Lome: 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.
    ISBN
    • 1840641525
    • 9781840641523
    • 1843760886
    • 9781843760887
    LCCN
    2001023134
    OCLC
    45879749
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