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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... experience is still instructive for other countries facing pressure to undertake new obligations . The Gabonese experience demonstrates that countries can introduce structural reforms and private - sector participation without making ...
... experience is still instructive for other countries facing pressure to undertake new obligations . The Gabonese experience demonstrates that countries can introduce structural reforms and private - sector participation without making ...
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... experience It used to be customary for international financial institutions ( IFIs ) and orthodox economists to ascribe East Asia's outstanding economic success during the last four decades to ( a ) their close integration with the ...
... experience It used to be customary for international financial institutions ( IFIs ) and orthodox economists to ascribe East Asia's outstanding economic success during the last four decades to ( a ) their close integration with the ...
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... experience under the Washington Consensus policies it is widely acknowledged that the liberalization of trade and capital movements does not by itself lead to long - term economic growth . An important lesson from the experience of the ...
... experience under the Washington Consensus policies it is widely acknowledged that the liberalization of trade and capital movements does not by itself lead to long - term economic growth . An important lesson from the experience of the ...
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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