This work explores how the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap between rich and poor countries today.
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Today's wide economic gap between the postindustrial countries of the West and the poorer countries of the third world is not new. Fifty years ago, the world economic order -- two hundred years in the making -- was already characterized by a vast difference in per capita income …
This work explores how the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap between rich and poor countries today.
"This book critically analyses the World Trade Organization's approach to "special and differential treatment" (SDT) to argue that it is founded on seeking exemptions from WTO obligations, instead of creating an enabling environment for developing countries to integrate fully in…
"This book critically analyses the World Trade Organization's approach to "special and differential treatment" (SDT) to argue that it is founded on seeking exemptions from WTO obligations, instead of creating an enabling environment for developing countries to integrate fully in…
Introduction -- United States proposal on special and differential treatment -- Responses to United States proposal -- The evolution of differential treatment -- Failure of the current approach to differential treatment -- Complications created by China's emergence in the global…
Examines the effects of global economic policies on developing nations, discussing agencies and concepts including the International Monetary Fund, the East Asia crisis, trade laws, fair markets, and privatization.