1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793772803321

Autore

Petzer Daniel

Titolo

Thought leadership in Africa / / guest editors: Daniel Johannes Petzer and Stefanie Wilhelmina Kühn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2019]

ISBN

1-83867-304-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages)

Collana

European Business Review series ; ; Volume 31, Number 3

Disciplina

303.34096

Soggetti

Leadership - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811596003321

Autore

Goldin Ian <1955->

Titolo

Globalization for development : : trade, finance, aid, migration, and policy / / Ian Goldin, Kenneth Reinert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank

Basingstoke [England] ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2006]

copyright 2006

ISBN

1-280-30947-4

9786610309474

0-8213-6275-5

Descrizione fisica

xix, 308 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

ReinertKenneth A

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

International economic relations

Globalization - Economic aspects

International trade

Capital movements

Economic assistance

Emigration and immigration

Economic policy

Economic development

Poverty - Developing countries



Globalization - Economic aspects - Developing countries

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 (p. 265-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; FOREWORD by François J. Bourguignon; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; 1 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT; Boxes; Figures; 2 GLOBALIZATION AND POVERTY; 3 TRADE; 4 FINANCE; 5 AID; Tables; 6 MIGRATION; 7 IDEAS; 8 TOWARD A POLICY AGENDA; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood. The book identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies main global flows-trade, finance, aid, migration, and ideas-and examines how each can contribute to undermine economic development. By considering what helps and what does not, the book presents policy recommendations to make globalization more effective as a vehicle for shared growth and prosperity. It will be of interest to students, researchers and anyone i