Wider Perspectives on Global Development

Download or read book Wider Perspectives on Global Development written by UNU-WIDER and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.