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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... important is the underlying trend towards greater liberalization . The scope and coverage of the rules are steadily increasing , and pressures are coming in many forms . The trade regime in developing countries is likely to become very ...
... important is the underlying trend towards greater liberalization . The scope and coverage of the rules are steadily increasing , and pressures are coming in many forms . The trade regime in developing countries is likely to become very ...
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... important insights into the relationship between policies , institu- tions , and economic growth . Today's developing countries could grow faster in the early postwar period ( 1960–80 ) than the NDCs had done at comparable stages of ...
... important insights into the relationship between policies , institu- tions , and economic growth . Today's developing countries could grow faster in the early postwar period ( 1960–80 ) than the NDCs had done at comparable stages of ...
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... important objectives of the WTO Agreement , as mentioned in its pre- amble , is the need for positive efforts designed to ensure that developing countries secure a share in the growth in international trade commensurate with the needs ...
... important objectives of the WTO Agreement , as mentioned in its pre- amble , is the need for positive efforts designed to ensure that developing countries secure a share in the growth in international trade commensurate with the needs ...
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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