Putting Development First: The Importance of Policy Space in the WTO and International Financial InstitutionsKevin P. Gallagher Some of the world's most prominent development thinkers address the following question in this volume: to what extent are the rules and economic forces that govern the global economy shrinking the 'policy space' that developing countries can draw from in order to construct policies to raise the standards of living of their people? They then analyse the possibly considerable room for manoeuvre that developing countries still have at their disposal despite global macro-economic realities, IMF/World Bank policies, and the trade rules regime of the World Trade Organization. Finally, the authors suggest actual policies that could be put in place in order to preserve existing spaces for development and to expand the tools developing countries can deploy. |
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... South Africa Apartheid dehumanized everyone it touched . It also destroyed economic opportunities for black South Africans . Democratic government in South Africa , however , has brought a new willingness to address the inequities of ...
... South Africa Apartheid dehumanized everyone it touched . It also destroyed economic opportunities for black South Africans . Democratic government in South Africa , however , has brought a new willingness to address the inequities of ...
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... South blocked the initiation of a new trade round in Seattle . At the fifth Ministe- rial meetings in CancĂșn in 2003 , the South was able to move further , from simple blockage to pushing collective demands for more equitable trading ...
... South blocked the initiation of a new trade round in Seattle . At the fifth Ministe- rial meetings in CancĂșn in 2003 , the South was able to move further , from simple blockage to pushing collective demands for more equitable trading ...
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... South's victories will move the global political economy forward from everyone's ( or almost everyone's ) point of view . At the national level , as at the international level , the primary thrust of neoliberal policies is to strengthen ...
... South's victories will move the global political economy forward from everyone's ( or almost everyone's ) point of view . At the national level , as at the international level , the primary thrust of neoliberal policies is to strengthen ...
Contents
Development Policies in a World of Globalization | 15 |
The Role of the State in | 33 |
Toward the Optimum Degree of Openness | 69 |
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