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001 2006034554
003 DLC
005 20080222081609.0
008 061019s2007 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006034554
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016 7 $a013684193$2Uk
020 $a9781845428501 (hardcover)
020 $a1845428501 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm74029284
035 $a(OCoLC)74029284
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050 00 $aHF1359$b.S597 2007
082 00 $a337$222
100 1 $aSnowdon, Brian.
245 10 $aGlobalisation, development and transition :$bconversations with eminent economists /$cBrian Snowdon.
246 3 $aGlobalization, development and transition
260 $aCheltenham, UK ;$aNorthampton, MA :$bEdward Elgar,$cc2007.
300 $axviii, 537 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 455-521) and index.
505 0 $aThe fall and rise of globalisation -- Introduction -- Globalisation v. 'globaphobia' -- The gains from trade and good governance -- When did globalisation begin? -- The 'great reversal' : international disintegration and recovery -- Financial globalisation -- The benefits and costs of financial integration -- Exchange rate regimes and the 'open-economy trilemma' -- The role of the International Monetary Fund -- Globalisation and the IMF : some lessons from the 1990s -- International labour migration -- The 'offshore outsourcing' controversy -- The size of nations -- Growth, productivity and international competitiveness -- Analysing global competitiveness -- The Growth Competitiveness Index -- The Business Competitiveness Index -- The Global Competitiveness Index -- Improving competitiveness of developing countries -- Conclusion -- Economic development in historical perspective -- Introduction -- The 'great escape' -- Alternative measures of 'progress' -- Income measures -- Beyond income measures of progress : basic needs, the PQLI and life expectancy -- The Human Development Index -- Competitiveness indices -- Measures of freedom -- Anthropometrics -- The economics of obesity -- The economics of happiness and life satisfaction -- The birth of development economics -- From the 'dirigiste consensus' to the 'Washington consensus' and beyond -- Growth and development -- Growth, development and the role of institutions -- Economic history and institutions -- Bandits and kleptocrats -- Barriers to growth and development -- Sub-Saharan Africa's 'growth tragedy' -- From 'Marshall Plan' to Millennium Development Goals -- 2005 : a 'pivotal year' in the development debate? -- The foreign aid controversy -- Aid and poverty traps -- Foreign aid : a 'weapon of mass salvation' -- Conclusion -- The rise and fall of the socialist system and the trials of transition -- Introduction -- The legacy of Marx -- The rise and fall of the socialist system and the Soviet Union, 1917-91 -- From 'golden age' growth to slowdown -- Western perceptions of the socialist system -- Economic analysis under socialism -- From glasnost and perestroika to transition -- The political economy of transition -- A third way : is market socialism feasible? -- Alternative paths of transition : the shock therapy v. gradualism debate -- The political economy of reform -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aInternational economic relations.
650 0 $aGlobalization.
650 0 $aEconomic history$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034554.html