Wider perspectives on global development
By: edited by UNU-WIDER.
Contributors: World Institute for Development Economics Research.
Series: Studies in development economics and policy
Publisher: Pagrave Macmillan; Pagrave Macmillan in association with the United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research; Springer; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Economic development.; Development economics.; Developing countries -- Economic policy.
Other titles: WIDER annual lectures.
Description: 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 labor practices in a transitional and developing world; and the natures and characteristics of institutions and markets. --Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This volume reproduces the first eight [WIDER] Annual Lectures [inaugurated in 1997]"--P. xviii.