4th Edition

Rich and Poor Countries Consequence of International Economic Disorder

By Javed Ansari, Hans Singer Copyright 1988
    336 Pages
    by Routledge

    336 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    List of Abbreviations; A Note on Terminology; Preface PART I: PERSPECTIVES 1) Introduction: The Current Economic Crisis and the Developing World 2) The International Economy 3) The Poor Countries PART II: TRADE 4) Trade and Development 5) Trade Policies of the Rich Countries 6) Trade Strategy PART III: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE 7) Aid and Development 8) Aid: Trends 9) The Debt Crisis 10) The Multinational Corporation in Developing Countries 11) The International Financial Systems and the Developing Countries PART IV: AN OVERVIEW 12) Forty Years of Changing Thought on Development Problems Statistical Appendix Index

    Biography

    Hanes W. Singer and Javed A. Ansari both Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, The City University

    `...lively, topical and interesting...it will be widely read and deservedly so.' - Economic Journal