Globalization and the least developed countries potentials and pitfalls /

• Main Author: Bigman, David.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., 2007.
• Subjects: Rural development > Developing countries.; Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries.; Agriculture > Economic aspects.; Rural development.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.; Developing countries.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781845933098 (ebook); 1845933095 (ebook); 1845933087 (alk. paper); 9781845933081 (alk. paper)

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 are likely to affect the LDCs and their poor population, in order to draw lessons for future policies. The book has 6 chapters and a subject index.