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This Handbook responds to the needs and aspirations of current and future generations of development economists by providing critical reference material alongside or in relation to mainstream propositions. Despite the potential of globalisation in accelerating growth and development in low and middle-income countries through the spread of technology, knowledge and information, its current practice in many parts of the world has led to processe...

In today’s ever globalised world, we are witness to a shifting world order with significant changes not only in political-economic relationships but also in the changing demographics of developing nations.  This handbook explores how many developing countries have remained extremely vulnerable to external shocks of all kinds, and the need for the global community to face up to the shared challenges of sustainable development, i.e. to search fo...

A collection of intellectual contributions from UN affiliates, providing insights into the UN's role in post-War reconstruction and post-colonial economic development~Presents a historical perspective of current challenges and policy dilemma~Demonstrates the role of an inclusive international organization in global economic governance~Takes a policy analysis perspective to explore development discourse and debates on stabalization, economic de...

Features analytical studies that seek to explain the major differences in economic performance by considering the dynamics of international economic growth, diverging growth rates, economic structures, and sources of demand, successes and collapses in the developing world, and the episodes of real income stagnation of various countries.

Inequality in the world is high and rising. The problem of global uneven development is central to, and inseparable from, the international development agenda. In "Uneven Economic Development, " leading economists and development experts examine the causes and implications of international economic divergences. This comprehensive and timely book reviews economic growth and structural change patterns since the 1960s, before critically reviewing...

This volume provides an analysis of the global monetary system and proposes a comprehensive yet evolutionary reform of the system aimed at creating better monetary cooperation for the twenty-first century.

This collection presents the difficult challenges of the new economic era as well as a set of alternative economic policies to manage the open Latin American economies of the early twenty- first century.

A comprehensive overview of the key factors affecting the development of Latin American economies that examines long-term growth performance, macroeconomic issues, Latin American economies in the global context, technological and agricultural policies, and the evolution of labour markets, the education sector, and social security programmes.

A comprehensive overview of the key factors affecting the development of Latin American economies that examines long-term growth performance, macroeconomic issues, Latin American economies in the global context, technological and agricultural policies, and the evolution of labour markets, the education sector, and social security programmes.

This volume examines the dialogue around global public goods and development cooperation. It asks: how will international cooperation and development institutions be changed? How can we make sure that these global initiatives and institutions are innovating for the better?

The 1990s were a transitional period that marked a turning point in the economic, social, and political development of Latin America and the Caribbean. This volume looks back at the decade to evaluate the major events associated with the consolidation of the regions reform processwhile taking into account the uneven pace of progress in the various countries and areas.

This collection presents the difficult challenges of the new economic era as well as a set of alternative economic policies to manage the open Latin American economies of the early twenty- first century.

This volume of analytical studies examines the major differences in economic performance in recent decades between the developing and developed economies. Most developing countries have lagged increasingly far behind, but this growing North-South gap has been masked by the better economic performance of China, India and the East Asian Tigers, implying the expansion of the "middle income" category. The high-profile contributors consider the dyn...

While the international community has made a commitment to achieving full employment, this goal seems ever more distant in view of recent trends such as growing unemployment, underemployment and the phenomenon of jobless growth. This book also breaks new ground in seeking fresh solutions. Employment creation is the key link in ensuring that economic growth contributes to poverty reduction, with management of technological change playing a cruc...

While the international community has made a commitment to achieving full employment and decent work for all, this goal seems ever more distant in view of recent trends. Revisiting some familiar terrain with new lenses, this book breaks new ground in seeking fresh solutions. Employment creation is the key link in ensuring that economic growth contributes to poverty reduction, with management of technological change crucial. While the recent tr...

This is a comprehensive and unique survey of how the relationship between finance and economic development has changed since the historic Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development in 2002. It has become clear that mechanisms are needed to ensure that international private capital flows, including FDI, enhance productive investments and thereby contribute to development. Recent trends in official developme...

Brings together the research on the MDGs' progress and reveals their major flaws. This book proposes long-term investment alternatives for education, health, and infrastructure. It reveals disparate problems faced by the UN in developing a coherent Development Agenda.

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Using the experience of postwar Western Europe as a benchmark, Jos Antonio Ocampo and his colleagues assess how regional financial institutions can help developing countriesoften at a disadvantage within the global financial framework finance their investment needs, counteract the volatility of private capital flows, and make their voices heard.