Alternative Development Strategies for the Post-2015 Era [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Antonio Alonso Jose
• Pubblicazione: London, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (451 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.927090512
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Economic policy; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Commerce; Business & Economics; International Commerce
• Altri autori: Andrea CorniaGiovanni VosRob
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the Committee for Development Policy; About the editors; About the other contributors; Preface; Overview José Antonio Alonso, Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Rob Vos; Chapter 1 Globalization at a crossroads: key challenges for the twenty-first century Rob Vos; Chapter 2 Should global goal setting continue, and how, in the post-2015 era? Sakiko Fukuda-Parr; Chapter 3 Do we need new development models? The impact of neo-liberal policies Frances Stewart ; Chapter 4 Learning from the past: Which of the past/current development strategies are best suited to deal with the "quadruple crisis"? Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Milica UvalicChapter 5 Towards climate-compatible and resilient development By J.B. (Hans) Opschoor; Chapter 6 Aiming for food and nutrition security in a changed global context: strategy to end hunger Joachim von Braun; Chapter 7 Demographic dynamics and the international development strategy beyond 2015 Ana Luiza Cortez ; Chapter 8 Common elements for inclusive and sustainable development strategies beyond 2015 Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Rob VosChapter 9 Building a stable and equitable global monetary system Bilge Erten and José Antonio Ocampo; Chapter 10 From aid to global development policy José Antonio Alonso; Chapter 11 International migration in the development agenda José Antonio Alonso; Chapter 12 The enabling international environment Norman Girvan and Ana Luiza Cortez; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: The global economic crisis of 2008-2009 exposed systemic failings at the core of economic policy making worldwide. The crisis came on top of several other crises, including skyrocketing and highly volatile world food and energy prices and climate change. This book argues that new policy approaches are needed to address such devastating global development challenges and to avoid the potentially catastrophic consequences to livelihoods worldwide that would result from present approaches. The contributors to the book are independent development experts, brought together by the UN to identify a de
• Titolo autorizzato: Alternative Development Strategies for the Post-2015 Era
• ISBN: 1-4725-3326-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910597894403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The United Nations Series on Development