1st Edition

Solving the Riddle of Globalization and Development

332 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In the past two decades many developing countries have embraced the challenge of globalization by rushing to dismantle trade barriers and to promote increasingly liberal market-oriented policies. However, a broader response to globalization is both necessary and possible if countries are to develop as quickly and as fully as possible. Exploring this complex interrelationship... Read more

1. Introduction  Part 1: The Analytical Framework  2. Analytical Perspectives on Global Integration in Pursuit of Sustainable Human Development  3. Trade, Investment, and Human and Social Development  4. Foreign Direct Investment, Growth and Human and Social Development  5. Out of Poverty: On the Effect of Health Improvements on Halving Global Poverty by 2015  Part 2: National and Regional Perspectives.  Latin America and the Caribbean  6. Globalization, Liberalization and Human and Social Development in Central America  7. Closing the Loop: Latin America, Globalization and Human Development.  Africa  8. Continental Drift: Globalization, Liberalization and Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Asia  9. Economic Growth, Liberalization and Human Development in Asia: Learning from the Miracle Workers  10. Gendered Labour Markets and Globalization in Asia.  Country Studies  11. The Three Spheres: Experiences from Latin America, Africa and Asia

Biography

Manuel Agosin, David Bloom, George Chapelier, Jagdish Saigal