Managing development : globalization, economic restructuring and social policy / / edited by Junji Nakagawa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910765619603321
• Autore: Nakagawa Junji
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Taylor & Francis, 2006; London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-134-22557-1; 1-134-22558-X; 1-280-51806-5; 9786610518067; 0-203-01529-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 49
• Altri autori (Persone): NakagawaJunji <1955->
• Disciplina: 337.09172409051; 337/.09172/409051
• Soggetti: Globalization - Economic aspects; Financial crises - Developing countries; Developing countries Social policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Managing Development - Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy; 1. Managing Global Risks and Creating Prosperity: The Role of the IMF and Regional Financial Architectures; 2. Globalization and Economic Development: The Role of Multilateral Development Banks; 3. Is the International Trade Regime Contributing to Liberalization in Developing Countries?; 4. The Governance of Global Issues Through Regionalism: NAFTA as an Interface Between Multilateral and North-South Policies5. Financial Sector Development in Latin America and East Asia: A Comparison of Chile and South Korea; 6. Restructuring the Financial and Corporate Sector: The South Korean Experience; 7. Economic Performance, Crisis and Institutional Reforms in East Asia and Latin America; 8. Business Groups as an Organizational Device for Economic Catch-up; 9. Will ; Inward Internationalization Foster Economic Development in Latin America?; 10. Determinants and Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Economies11. Latin American Social Security Reform in the 1990s; 12. Welfare States in East Asia: Similar Conditions, Different Past and Divided Future; 13. Characteristics of the Central European Welfare System; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Globalization in the 1990s provided both opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. Though for some, it offered the chance to achieve economic growth through active involvement in the integrated and liberalized world economy, it also increased their vulnerability to external shocks and volatility.As a consequence, stakeholders at every level of the development and transition process - international organizations, national governments and the private sector - had to review their strategies in order to adjust to the new world economic environment. As t