Revolution In Development

Author : Christy Thornton
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520297166

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Revolution in Development uncovers the surprising influence of postrevolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international economic institutions. Drawing on extensive archival research in Mexico, the United States, and Great Britain, Christy Thornton meticulously traces how Mexican officials repeatedly rallied Third World leaders to campaign for representation in global organizations and redistribution through multilateral institutions. By decentering the United States and Europe in the history of global economic governance, Revolution in Development shows how Mexican economists, diplomats, and politicians fought for more than five decades to reform the rules and institutions of the global capitalist economy. In so doing, the book demonstrates, Mexican officials shaped not only their own domestic economic prospects but also the contours of the project of international development itself.

Author : Thomas Carothers,Diane de Gramont
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780870034022

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Development Aid Confronts Politics by Thomas Carothers,Diane de Gramont Pdf

A new lens on development is changing the world of international aid. The overdue recognition that development in all sectors is an inherently political process is driving aid providers to try to learn how to think and act politically. Major donors are pursuing explicitly political goals alongside their traditional socioeconomic aims and introducing more politically informed methods throughout their work. Yet these changes face an array of external and internal obstacles, from heightened sensitivity on the part of many aid-receiving governments about foreign political interventionism to inflexible aid delivery mechanisms and entrenched technocratic preferences within many aid organizations. This pathbreaking book assesses the progress and pitfalls of the attempted politics revolution in development aid and charts a constructive way forward. Contents: Introduction 1. The New Politics Agenda The Original Framework: 1960s-1980s 2. Apolitical Roots Breaking the Political Taboo: 1990s-2000s 3. The Door Opens to Politics 4. Advancing Political Goals 5. Toward Politically Informed Methods The Way Forward 6. Politically Smart Development Aid 7. The Unresolved Debate on Political Goals 8. The Integration Frontier Conclusion 9. The Long Road to Politics

Author : James A. Dorn,Steve H. Hanke,Alan A. Walters
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781937184421

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The Revolution in Development Economics by James A. Dorn,Steve H. Hanke,Alan A. Walters Pdf

For decades, development economists believed that central planning, not economic freedom, was the key to economic growth in developing countries. In 1956 Gunnar Myrdal, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 1974, wrote, "The special advisers to underdeveloped countries who have taken the time and trouble to acquaint themselves with the problem all recommend central planning as the first condition of progress." While the argument that socialism is the key to growth in the developing world appears obviously unreasonable today -- given the collapse of command-and-control economies around the globe -- it was, when Myrdal wrote, the academic consensus. Only a few economists doubted such arguments and proposed alternatives. Foremost among them was Peter Bauer, author of such classics as The Economics of Under-Developed Countries and Dissent on Development. This book contains 20 essays, many of which were originally published in the Cato Journal, and a foreword by Václav Klaus, former prime minister of the Czech Republic.

Author : Ervin Laszlo,Rubin Goetsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000517606

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Evolution-Revolution by Ervin Laszlo,Rubin Goetsky Pdf

Originally published in 1971 Evolution – Revolution is an interdisciplinary volume examining inquiry around the central topic of evolution and revolution. Containing contributions from a number of eminent academics of the time, the book addresses the meaning and application of evolution and revolution in the context, not of what things are, or even how they behave, but how they become. The broad interdisciplinary range of essays explores this concept through the idea of development and change and argues that both change, and development must be measured against concepts of flux and that which endures. The editors of the book suggest that these are the ‘invariants’ which contemporary thinkers are beginning to accept as the process-counterparts of Platonic ‘immutables’. Thus this volume examines the two ‘immutables’ of evolution and revolution. The book covers the concept through essays in science, philosophic concepts of rationalism and existentialism, art and religion.

Author : Alan Gelb,Anna Diofasi Metz
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781944691042

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Identification Revolution by Alan Gelb,Anna Diofasi Metz Pdf

Some 600 million children worldwide do not legally exist. Without verifiable identification, they—and unregistered adults—could face serious difficulties in proving their identity, whether to open a bank account, purchase a SIM card, or cast a vote. Lack of identification is a barrier to full economic and social inclusion. Recent advances in the reach and technological sophistication of identification systems have been nothing less than revolutionary. Since 2000, over 60 developing countries have established national ID programs. Digital technology, particularly biometrics such as fingerprints and iris scans, has dramatically expanded the capabilities of these programs. Individuals can now be uniquely identified and reliably authenticated against their claimed identities. By enabling governments to work more effectively and transparently, identification is becoming a tool for accelerating development progress. Not only is provision of legal identity for all a target under the Sustainable Development Goals, but this book shows how it is also central to achieving numerous other SDG targets. Yet, challenges remain. Identification systems can fail to include the poor, leaving them still unable to exercise their rights, access essential services, or fully participate in political and economic life. The possible erosion of privacy and the misuse of personal data, especially in countries that lack data privacy laws or the capacity to enforce them, is another challenge. Yet another is ensuring that investments in identification systems deliver a development payoff. There are all too many examples where large expenditures—sometimes supported by donor governments or agencies—appear to have had little impact. Identification Revolution: Can Digital ID be Harnessed for Development? offers a balanced perspective on this new area, covering both the benefits and the risks of the identification revolution, as well as pinpointing opportunities to mitigate those risks.

Author : Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136553844

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The Gene Revolution by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Pdf

Whether or not to embrace GM technologies is a fundamental and politically charged question facing humanity in the 21st century, particularly in light of rapidly growing populations and the unknown future impacts of climate change. The Gene Revolution is the first book to bridge the gap between thenaysayers andcheerleaders and look at the issues and complexities facing developing and transitional countries over decisions about GM in light of the reality of what is happening on the ground. The first part of the volume looks at the rise of GM crops, commercialization and spread of the technology and the different positions of the USA and the European Union on the GM question and the effect of global markets. The second part consists of country perspectives from Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Africa, which provide insight into the profound challenges these countries face and the hard choices that have to be made. The final part takes the analysis a step further by comparing developing and transitional country experiences, and charts a future course for government policy on GM that supports growth, sustainability and equity for the many billions of people affected worldwide.

Author : Adam David Morton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442229457

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Revolution and State in Modern Mexico by Adam David Morton Pdf

Now in an updated edition, this groundbreaking study develops a new approach to understanding the formation of the postrevolutionary state in Mexico. In a shift away from dominant interpretations, Adam David Morton considers the construction of the revolution and the modern Mexican state through a fresh analysis of the Mexican Revolution, the era of import substitution industrialization, and neoliberalism. Throughout, the author makes interdisciplinary links among geography, political economy, postcolonialism, and Latin American studies in order to provide a new framework for analyzing the development of state power in Mexico. He also explores key processes in the contestation of the modern state, specifically through studies of the role of intellectuals, democratization and democratic transition, and spaces of resistance. As Morton argues, all these themes can only be fully understood through the lens of uneven development in Latin America. Centrally, the book shows how the history of modern state formation and uneven development in Mexico is best understood as a form of passive revolution, referring to the ongoing class strategies that have shaped relations between state and civil society. As such, Morton makes an important interdisciplinary contribution to debates on state formation relevant to Mexican studies, postcolonial and development studies, historical sociology, and international political economy by revitalizing the debate on the uneven and combined character of development in Mexico and throughout Latin America. In so doing, he convincingly contends that uneven development can once again become a tool for radical political economy analysis in and beyond the region. A substantive new epilogue engages the main theoretical debates that have emerged since the book was first published, while also exploring the dominant geographies of power and resistance that are shaping state space in Mexico in the twenty-first century. And now a Spanish edition, Revolución y Estado en México moderno (México, D.F.: Siglo XXI, 2017), is available as well. Click here to see the book trailer.

Author : Ernest J. Wilson (III.)
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262232308

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The Information Revolution and Developing Countries by Ernest J. Wilson (III.) Pdf

An analysis of the problems and possibilities of the information revolution in developing countries, taking into account political, institutional, and cultural dynamics and structures.

Author : Christy Thornton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520969636

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Revolution in Development by Christy Thornton Pdf

One of The Chronicle of Higher Education's Best Scholarly Books of 2021 Revolution in Development uncovers the surprising influence of postrevolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international economic institutions. Drawing on extensive archival research in Mexico, the United States, and Great Britain, Christy Thornton meticulously traces how Mexican officials repeatedly rallied Third World leaders to campaign for representation in global organizations and redistribution through multilateral institutions. By decentering the United States and Europe in the history of global economic governance, Revolution in Development shows how Mexican economists, diplomats, and politicians fought for more than five decades to reform the rules and institutions of the global capitalist economy. In so doing, the book demonstrates, Mexican officials shaped not only their own domestic economic prospects but also the contours of the project of international development itself.

Author : James A. Dorn,Steve H. Hanke,Alan Arthur Walters
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1882577558

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The Revolution in Development Economics by James A. Dorn,Steve H. Hanke,Alan Arthur Walters Pdf

The collapse of communism and the statist model of development planning has led to a revolution in development economics.

Author : Hanna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1403075174

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The Information Technology Revolution and Economic Development by Hanna Pdf

Author : Andre Gunder Frank
Publisher : New York : M[onthly] R[eview Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106013300394

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Latin America: Underdevelopment Or Revolution by Andre Gunder Frank Pdf

In his second book, Andre Gunder Frank expands on the theme presented in his influential study Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America. It is the colonial structure of world capitalism, in his view, which produced and maintains the underdevelopment characteristic of Latin America and the rest of the Third World. This colonial structure penetrates everywhere in Latin America, forming and transforming all its features in obedience to its own imperatives and thereby imposing upon the region those characteristic features of poverty and backwardness which are not primarily the remnants of an ancient "feudal" past but the direct products of capitalism. This development of underdevelopment will persist, Frank argues, until the people of Latin America free themselves from world capitalism by means of revolution.

Author : Ken Cole
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023181931

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Cuba by Ken Cole Pdf

This work addresses the whole spectrum of analyses of the Cuban experience and covers the entire period from the Revolutionary victory of 1959 to the present day. It attempts to anticipate future development of Cuban society.

Author : Mark Gould
Publisher : Berkeley : University of California Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520056930

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Revolution in the Development of Capitalism by Mark Gould Pdf

Author : Robert Chambers
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849772426

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Revolutions in Development Inquiry by Robert Chambers Pdf

Robert Chambers returns with a new book that reviews, together for the first time, some of the revolutionary changes in the methodologies and methods of development inquiry that have occurred in the past forty years, and reflects on their transformative potential for the future. This book breaks new ground by describing and analysing the evolution of a sequence of approaches. Starting with the dinosaurs of large-scale multi-subject questionnaire surveys, and the biased visits and perceptions of rural development tourism and urban-based professionals, there follows a look at the explosive proliferation of methodologies and methods of recent years. These include rapid rural appraisal (RRA) participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and dramatic developments in the still largely unrecognized fields of participatory numbers and statistics, and of participatory mapping and GIS. Chambers shows how these can empower local people and provide rigorous and valid substitutes for some more traditional methods of inquiry. Also presented is a repertoire for offsetting the biases of the urban trap, which has become so serious for officials and aid agency staff. Importantly, Chambers points out that we are now in a different space, methodologically, from a few years ago. He makes the case that participatory methodologies, evolved through creative and eclectic pluralism, can be a transformative wave for the future as drivers of personal, professional and institutional change. This book is for all who are concerned with development, regardless of profession, discipline or organization, who seek to be abreast of the revolutionary breakthroughs in approaches and methods of inquiry of recent years, and what Chambers calls their 'unlimited potentials'. Published with IDS.