Impact Of Rich Countries Policies On Poor Countries

Author : Rachel Weaving
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351513333

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Impact of Rich Countries' Policies on Poor Countries by Rachel Weaving Pdf

"All United Nations heads of state have endorsed the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce the incidence of absolute poverty by half by 2015. To reach those goals, growth in developing countries will have to be twice the levels achieved in the 1990s for the next fifteen years. This will require, at the least, new rules of the development game.At present, rich countries exercise control over the institutions that oversee the global economy. This volume addresses a curiously neglected area of policy analysis--the impact of rich countries' policies on the global poor. Four-fifths of the world's people subsist on one-fifth of the world's income. One-fifth live in abject poverty, on less than one dollar a day. The main responsibility for reducing poverty reduction naturally rests with developing countries. But globalization means that rich countries must also play their part.Industrialized countries dominate global environmental management through the heavy ecological footprint of their production and consumption patterns. Adjustments of their policies by rich countries may be as critical as government reforms in poor countries. Past research has concentrated on policy adjustments that need to be made within poor countries to aid effectiveness, and trade reform.Relatively little is known about the economic consequences of migration, control of intellectual property, and environmental regulations. Even less research has been done on the interaction and combined impact of the full spectrum of rich countries' policies on the economy, society, and ecology in poor countries. These knowledge gaps inhibit rational debate, let alone evidence-based policymaking that may lead towards sustainable and equitable growth. At current levels, aid alone cannot deliver adequate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.The surveys by eminent development analysts and practitioners included in this volume sketch a road map for a better understanding of the"

Author : Rachel Weaving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0203789016

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"All United Nations heads of state have endorsed the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce the incidence of absolute poverty by half by 2015. To reach those goals, growth in developing countries will have to be twice the levels achieved in the 1990s for the next fifteen years. This will require, at the least, new rules of the development game.At present, rich countries exercise control over the institutions that oversee the global economy. This volume addresses a curiously neglected area of policy analysis--the impact of rich countries' policies on the global poor. Four-fifths of the world's people subsist on one-fifth of the world's income. One-fifth live in abject poverty, on less than one dollar a day. The main responsibility for reducing poverty reduction naturally rests with developing countries. But globalization means that rich countries must also play their part.Industrialized countries dominate global environmental management through the heavy ecological footprint of their production and consumption patterns. Adjustments of their policies by rich countries may be as critical as government reforms in poor countries. Past research has concentrated on policy adjustments that need to be made within poor countries to aid effectiveness, and trade reform.Relatively little is known about the economic consequences of migration, control of intellectual property, and environmental regulations. Even less research has been done on the interaction and combined impact of the full spectrum of rich countries' policies on the economy, society, and ecology in poor countries. These knowledge gaps inhibit rational debate, let alone evidence-based policymaking that may lead towards sustainable and equitable growth. At current levels, aid alone cannot deliver adequate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.The surveys by eminent development analysts and practitioners included in this volume sketch a road map for a better understanding of the"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Ann Harrison
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226318004

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Globalization and Poverty by Ann Harrison Pdf

Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is because of—or in spite of—globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization’s perils and promises, economists have largely remained silent, in part because of an entrenched institutional divide between those who study poverty and those who study trade and finance. Globalization and Poverty bridges that gap, bringing together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalization on the poor in developing nations, answering such questions as: Do lower import tariffs improve the lives of the poor? Has increased financial integration led to more or less poverty? How have the poor fared during various currency crises? Does food aid hurt or help the poor? Poverty, the contributors show here, has been used as a popular and convenient catchphrase by parties on both sides of the globalization debate to further their respective arguments. Globalization and Poverty provides the more nuanced understanding necessary to move that debate beyond the slogans.

Author : David Hulme
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780745686097

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Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? by David Hulme Pdf

In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs. But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world’s neediest communities is both the right thing to do and the wise thing to do Ð if rich nations want to take care of their own citizens’ future welfare. The real question is how best to provide this help. The way forward, Hulme argues, is not conventional foreign aid but trade, finance and environmental policy reform. But this must happen alongside a change in international social norms so that we all recognise the collective benefits of a poverty-free world.

Author : Paul Collier,David Dollar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082135048X

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Globalization, Growth, and Poverty by Paul Collier,David Dollar Pdf

Globalization - the growing integration of economies and societies around the world, is a complex process. The focus of this research is the impact of economic integration on developing countries and especially the poor people living in these countries. Whether economic integration supports poverty reduction and how it can do so more effectively are key questions asked. The research yields 3 main findings with bearings on current policy debates about globalization. Firstly, poor countries with some 3 billion people have broken into the global market for manufactures and services, and this successful integration has generally supported poverty reduction. Secondly, inclusion both across countries and within them is important as a number of countries (pop. 2 billion) are failing as states, trading less and less, and becoming marginal to the world economy. Thirdly, standardization or homogenization is a concern - will economic integration lead to cultural or institutional homogenization?

Author : Erik S Reinert
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541762886

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How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor by Erik S Reinert Pdf

A maverick economist explains how protectionism makes nations rich, free trade keeps them poor---and how rich countries make sure to keep it that way. Throughout history, some combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment has driven successful development everywhere from Renaissance Italy to the modern Far East. Yet despite the demonstrable success of this approach, development economists largely ignore it and insist instead on the importance of free trade. Somehow, the thing that made rich nations rich supposedly won't work on poor countries anymore. Leading heterodox economist Erik Reinert's invigorating history of economic development shows how Western economies were founded on protectionism and state activism and only later promoted free trade, when it worked to their advantage. In the tug-of-war between the gospel of government intervention and free-market purists, the issue is not that one is more correct, but that the winning nation tends to favor whatever benefits them most. As Western countries begin to sense that the rules of the game they set were rigged, Reinert's classic book gains new urgency. His unique and edifying approach to the history of economic development is critical reading for anyone who wants to understand how we got here and what to do next, especially now that we aren't so sure we'll be the winners anymore.

Author : Javed Ansari,Hans Singer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134868667

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Rich and Poor Countries by Javed Ansari,Hans Singer Pdf

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.

Author : Hans Wolfgang Singer,Javed A. Ansari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015008680616

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Rich and Poor Countries by Hans Wolfgang Singer,Javed A. Ansari Pdf

Monograph examining international relations and economic relations between developed countries and developing countries - includes outline of international economic conditions and a comparison of trade policies, and covers the role of developed countries, aid programmes, perspectives investment, technology transfer, and the impact of UNCTAD trade agreements on development.

Author : Miguel Urrutia,Setsuko Yukawa
Publisher : United Nations University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9280806750

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Economic Development Policies in Resource-rich Countries by Miguel Urrutia,Setsuko Yukawa Pdf

Author : Brian Nolan,Wiemer Salverda,Daniele Checchi,Ive Marx,Abigail McKnight,István György Tóth,Herman G. van de Werfhorst
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191511103

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Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries by Brian Nolan,Wiemer Salverda,Daniele Checchi,Ive Marx,Abigail McKnight,István György Tóth,Herman G. van de Werfhorst Pdf

There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the social sciences. The central questions addressed by this book, and the major research project GINI on which it is based, are: - Have inequalities in income, wealth and education increased over the past 30 years or so across the rich countries, and if so why? - What are the social, cultural and political impacts of increasing inequalities in income, wealth and education? - What are the implications for policy and for the future development of welfare states? In seeking to answer these questions, this book adopts an interdisciplinary approach that draws on economics, sociology, and political science, and applies a common analytical framework to the experience of 30 advanced countries, namely all the EU member states except Cyprus and Malta, together with the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia and South Korea. It presents a description and analysis of the experience of each of these countries over the past three decades, together with an introduction, an overview of inequality trends, and a concluding chapter highlighting key findings and implications. These case-studies bring out the variety of country experiences and the importance of framing inequality trends in the institutional and policy context of each country if one is to adequately capture and understand the evolution of inequality and its impacts.

Author : Hollis Burnley Chenery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001925259

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Redistribution with Growth by Hollis Burnley Chenery Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Gertz,Homi Kharas,Johannes F. Linn
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815732563

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The Imperative of Development by Geoffrey Gertz,Homi Kharas,Johannes F. Linn Pdf

" The achievements and legacy of the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings The Imperative of Development highlights the research and policy analysis produced by the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings. The Center, which operated from 2006 to 2011, was the first home at Brookings for research on international development. It sought to help identify effective solutions to key development challenges in order to create a more prosperous and stable world. Founded by James and Elaine Wolfensohn, the Center’s mission was to “to create knowledge that leads to action with real, scaled-up, and lasting development impact.” This volume reviews the Center’s achievements and lasting legacy, combining highlights of its most important research with new essays that examine the context and impact of that research. Six primary research streams of the Wolfensohn Center’s work are highlighted in The Imperative of Development: the shifting structure of the world economy in the twenty-first century; the challenge of scaling up the impact of development interventions; the effectiveness of development assistance; how to promote economic and social inclusion for Middle Eastern youth; the case for investing in early child development; and the need for global governance reform. In each chapter, a scholar associated with the particular research topic provides an overview of the issue and its broader context, then describes the Center’s work on the topic and the subsequent influence and impact of these efforts. The Imperative of Development chronicles the growth and expansion of the first center for development research in Brookings’s 100-year history and traces how the seeds of this initiative continue to bear fruit. "

Author : Angelos Theodōrou Angelopoulos,Melvin Fagen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015032742416

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The Third World and the Rich Countries by Angelos Theodōrou Angelopoulos,Melvin Fagen Pdf

This book presents unorthodox and original proposals to promote cooperation between the world's poor and rich countries in combatting the widespread and growing poverty and unemployment which exist in both areas. The authors suggest a new type of Marshall Plan in which increased aid to the poor countries will help stimulate the economies of the rich countries through a feed-back process. The authors also outline programs which Third World countries should institute to promote their peoples' welfare. Finally, the authors propose that the United Nations should organize two world conferences: one to achieve a reduction of poverty in all countries and the second to relieve the over-indebtedness of the developing countries. Contents: Foreword by JaviÈr Perez de Cuellar; Introduction: The Global Economic Crisis; The Downward Spiral of Impoverishment in the Third World; Prospects for the Next Decade; The Problem of Over-Indebtedness; What the Third World Countries Should Not Do to Promote the Welfare of their Peoples; Why and How Should the Rich Countries Aid the Poor Countries?; International Cooperation to Combat Poverty and Over-Indebtedness: A New Marshall Plan; Epilogue: The Impact of Our Proposals; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; Tables.

Author : Caroline Freund
Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780881327045

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Rich People Poor Countries by Caroline Freund Pdf

Like the robber barons of the 19th century Gilded Age, a new and proliferating crop of billionaires is driving rapid development and industrialization in poor countries. The accelerated industrial growth spurs economic prosperity for some, but it also widens the gap between the super rich and the rest of the population, especially the very poor. In Rich People Poor Countries, Caroline Freund identifies and analyzes nearly 700 emerging-market billionaires whose net worth adds up to more than $2 trillion. Freund finds that these titans of industry are propelling poor countries out of their small-scale production and agricultural past and into a future of multinational industry and service-based mega firms. And more often than not, the new billionaires are using their newfound acumen to navigate the globalized economy, without necessarily relying on political connections, inheritance, or privileged access to resources. This story of emerging-market billionaires and the global businesses they create dramatically illuminates the process of industrialization in the modern world economy.

Author : Erik S. Reinert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123269248

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How Rich Countries Got Rich and why Poor Countries Stay Poor by Erik S. Reinert Pdf

How Rich Countries Got Rich is a narrative history of modern economic development from the Italian Renaissance to the present day. In it Erik S. Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment. Reinert suggests that this set of policies in various combinations has driven successful development from Renaissance Italy to the modern Far East. Yet despite its demonstrable success, orthodox development economists have largely ignored this approach and insisted instead on the importance of free trade. Reinert presents a strongly revisionist history of economics and shows how the discipline has long been torn between the continental Renaissance tradition on one hand and the free market theories of English and later American economics on the other. He argues that our economies were founded on protectionism and state activism and could only later afford the luxury of free trade. When our leaders come to lecture poor countries on the right road to riches they do so in almost perfect ignorance of the real history of mass affluence.