Putting Development First: The Importance of Policy Space in the WTO and International Financial InstitutionsSome 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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Black economic empowerment in 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 ...
Black economic empowerment in 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 ...
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At the same time , neoliberal financial arrangements foster a level of volatility and systemic risk that limits capital flows and increases the vulnerability of the global South to destructive financial crises . The South suffers from ...
At the same time , neoliberal financial arrangements foster a level of volatility and systemic risk that limits capital flows and increases the vulnerability of the global South to destructive financial crises . The South suffers from ...
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If negotiators from the South begin to experience more success , invoking engaged domestic constituencies is likely to become more important to them as well . Indeed , popular mobilization has already played an important role in the ...
If negotiators from the South begin to experience more success , invoking engaged domestic constituencies is likely to become more important to them as well . Indeed , popular mobilization has already played an important role in the ...
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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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