Trade, Growth and Poverty Reduction: Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small States in the Global Economic System - Softcover

Srinivasan, T.N.

9780850928969: Trade, Growth and Poverty Reduction: Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small States in the Global Economic System

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ISBN 10: 0850928966 ISBN 13: 9780850928969

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2009

Why have the least developed countries, and other poorer countries, failed to grow as fast as other economies during the recent period of globalization? Professor Srinivasan explores the broad links between growth in income, globalization, and poverty reduction. He argues that past domestic and international policies have failed to serve the interests of the poorest countries, and suggests that the current array of international institutions, in their unreformed state, are ill-suited to bring about the changes required. Finally, he makes recommendations on needed reforms to the institutions that manage the global economic system.

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About the Author:

T.N. Srinivasan is Samuel J. Park Professor of Economics at Yale University and Visiting Professor at the Stanford Center for International Development, Stanford University.

Review:

"A brilliant document on the West pushing their agenda on WTO."--Organiser Weekly

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"Past domestic and international policies have neglected the interests of the poorest countries, argues the author. The voice of countries of the South is too little heard in international organisations and negotiations, he says. The book is critical of many international institutions managing the global economic system and makes a number of recommendations for reforms that could help shift the balance towards the interests of the poor." (Spore Magazine)

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