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Rich and poor countries [[electronic resource] ] : consequences of international economic disorder / / Hans W. Singer, Javed A. Ansari



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Autore: Singer H. W (Hans Wolfgang), <1910-2006.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Rich and poor countries [[electronic resource] ] : consequences of international economic disorder / / Hans W. Singer, Javed A. Ansari Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
Edizione: 4th ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina: 337.09048
337.091724
Soggetto topico: Economic history - 1971-1990
Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic conditions
Developing countries Dependency on foreign countries
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: AnsariJaved A  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Rich and Poor Countries: Consequences of International Economic Disorder; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Terminology; Preface; PART I Perspectives; 1 Introduction: The Current Economic Crisis and the Developing World; The New International Economic Order; Inequities and Inequalities between Countries; Inequities and Inequalities within Countries; Summary and Conclusions; Note; 2 The International Economy; A World View of the Development Process; Structural Change in the World Economy; The Core of The Problem: Technology; Notes; 3 The Poor Countries
The Impact of the RecessionThe Economic Structure of the Poor Countries: Unity in Diversity; The Development Process; Development Strategy: National and International; Notes; PART II Trade; 4 Trade and Development; Trade and Growth; Trade, Employment and Income Distribution; Developing Countries: Trade Patterns; Notes; 5 Trade Policies of the Rich Countries; The International Trade System; Trade in Primary Commodities; Trade in Manufactures; Future Trade Prospects; Notes; 6 Trade Strategy; Has Import Substitution Failed?; Is Export Orientation Possible?
Measures to Stimulate North-South TradeSouth-South Trade; The Impact of UNCTAD; A Trade Policy for the Third World; Appendix: The Rate of Effective Protection in the LDCs; Notes; PART III International Finance; 7 Aid and Development; Aid, Trade and the Widening Gap; Aid Defined and Measured; Aid Allocation Criteria; Scope of Aid; Wider Aid Concepts; Bilateral versus Multilateral Aid; Hard versus Soft Aid; Project Aid and Programme Aid; Tied Aid; Notes; 8 Aid: Trends; The Volume of Aid and its Distribution; The Burden of Aid: The Recipients' Dilemma; Food Aid; Future of Aid: Aid Reform; Notes
9 The Debt CrisisA Debt Profile of the Third World; The Genesis of the Debt Crisis; Patterns of Adjustment and the Impact of the Debt Crisis; Debt Management Reform Proposals; Notes; 10 The Multinational Corporation in the Developing Countries; Colonial Private Investment; Modern Foreign Private Investment; Multinational Corporations and the LDCs; The Multinational Corporation and Technology Transfer; Government Policy and Multinationals in South Korea: A Case Study; Appendix: Third World multinationals; Notes; 11 The International Financial System and the Developing Countries
The Developing Countries in the Bretton Woods EraThe Poor Countries in a Regime of Floating Exchange Rates; Development Requirements and the New System; Notes; PART IV An Overview; 12 Forty Years of Changing Thought on Development Problems; Notes; Statistical Appendix; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This 4th edition has been revised to take account of the onset of world recession and the fall in commodity prices that have brought increasing poverty to some of the world's poorest countries.
Titolo autorizzato: Rich and poor countries  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-86867-7
1-280-33016-3
0-203-06168-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455453003321
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