Record Nr.

UNINA9910777746403321

Autore

Ostry Sylvia

Titolo

At the global crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : the Sylvia Ostry Foundation lectures

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Montreal, : Published for the Institute for Research on Public Policy by McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-86159-X

9786612861598

0-7735-7158-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

International economic relations

Economic development

Globalization - Economic aspects

Relations économiques internationales

Développement économique

Mondialisation - Aspect économique

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series of 6 lectures given between 1993 and 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Challenge to the United Nations A Humanitarian Perspective -- The Future of Europe Managing Economic and Social Change -- The International Monetary Fund in a Globalized World Economy The Tasks Ahead -- The Road Ahead International Trade Policy in the Era of the World Trade Organization -- Prospects for Greater Hemispheric Economic Cooperation An Opportunity for Canada -- International Financial Markets The Prospects for Economic Growth and Stability -- Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Sylvia Ostry is one of Canada's foremost public servants. She reached the rank of deputy minister of the Canadian public service at the age of forty-five and served with distinction in three different federal departments as well as directing the Economic Council of Canada. She spent four years as chief economist at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, and was appointed the prime minister's

personal representative for the Economic Summit from 1985 to 1988. After leaving the public service of Canada, she became successively chairman of the National Council of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and chairman of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, where she is currently a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Munk Centre.