Globalization and the least developed countries : potentials and pitfalls /

• Main Author: Bigman, David, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries.; Rural development > Developing countries.; Policy and Planning.; International Trade.; Income and Poverty.; Rural Development, (New March 2000); Development policy.; Economic growth.; Globalization.; International trade.; Poverty.; Trade policy.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book evaluates the policies of least developed countries (LDCs) and the decisions that they now face against the backdrop of the changes in the structure of the global economy and in the globalization process itself. It analyses possible scenarios and alternative trade and growth policies that...

Table of Contents:

• Diverging Views on Globalization
• Globalization and the Marginalization of the Least Developed Countries
• Has Globalization Been 'Pro-poor'?
• Have the Policies of Economic Development Been 'Pro-poor'?
• Trade and Growth Policies for Poverty Reduction : The Lessons of the 'East Asian Miracle' for the LDCs
• Will Africa Be Left Behind?