Wider Perspectives on Global Development [electronic resource] /
UNU-WIDER.author.
World Institute for Development Economics Research.
UNU-WIDER.editor.
This volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics to explore how to improve the well-being of the poor, how to design effective structures and institutions for poverty reduction and what the role of economic, political and social dimensions are (and should be) in global development. Issues addressed include globalization; both its governance and a historical perspective; inequality, of income, and the potential for conflict; trade and labour practises in a transitional and developing world, and; the natures and characteristics of institutions and markets.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Box; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction: Wider Perspectives on Global Development; 1 The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics to an Understanding of the Transition Problem; 2 More Instruments and Broader Goals: Moving toward the Post-Washington Consensus; 3 Is Rising Income Inequality Inevitable? A Critique of the Transatlantic Consensus; 4 Globalization and Appropriate Governance; 5 Horizontal Inequalities: A Neglected Dimension of Development
6 Winners and Losers over Two Centuries of Globalization7 Global Labour Standards and Local Freedoms; 8 Rethinking Growth Strategies; Index; 
"This volume reproduces the first eight [WIDER] Annual Lectures [inaugurated in 1997]"--P. xviii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics to explore how to improve the well-being of the poor, how to design effective structures and institutions for poverty reduction and what the role of economic, political and social dimensions are (and should be) in global development. Issues addressed include globalization; both its governance and a historical perspective; inequality, of income, and the potential for conflict; trade and labour practises in a transitional and developing world, and; the natures and characteristics of institutions and markets.
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