Putting Development First: The Importance of Policy Space in the WTO and International Financial InstitutionsKevin 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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... environmental policies , to direct foreign capital to needed social and environmental ends , to address long - standing social inequalities , and to deal with external shocks . This chapter further argues that proposed extensions to ...
... environmental policies , to direct foreign capital to needed social and environmental ends , to address long - standing social inequalities , and to deal with external shocks . This chapter further argues that proposed extensions to ...
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... environmental concerns in the electricity sector ( Dubash 2002 ; Wamukonya 2003 ; World Bank 2003b ) . For example , the rural poor are unlikely to be attractive customers for private operators , since remote locations and low ...
... environmental concerns in the electricity sector ( Dubash 2002 ; Wamukonya 2003 ; World Bank 2003b ) . For example , the rural poor are unlikely to be attractive customers for private operators , since remote locations and low ...
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... environmental policies . While some performance requirements are not helpful , others can help harness the power of foreign investment to achieve better environmental and develop- ment outcomes . These should continue to be permissible ...
... environmental policies . While some performance requirements are not helpful , others can help harness the power of foreign investment to achieve better environmental and develop- ment outcomes . These should continue to be permissible ...
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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