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Development and Globalisation
Tandon, Yash
Tandon, Yash
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Based on his experience as director of the South Center, the intergovernmental think tank for the South, Yash Tandon challenges what he describes as the miscredited aid and development policies of the last 30 years. He offers alternative concepts and paradigms of development to policy makers ad peoples' movement on wide-ranging issues. He challenges his readers to "dare to think differently". According to Professor Tandon, development is self-defined. It is primarily the responsiblity of the South to develop itself; the North does not have a duty to develop the South, nor should the South expect it. Development, he believes, is about building confidence between governements and their people. It is not about winning the confidence of banks and global financial insitutions such as the World Bank and the IMF, which is what globalisation is all about. These essays reveal Tandon's thinking on a cross-spectrum of issues including the reform of the Bretton Woods institutions; climate change and food security; industry, trade innovation and intellectual property; the global financial crisis; ending aid dependance; and the Palestine-Isreal question. They are essential reading for those who believe that "another world is possible".
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2009
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9781906387525
9781906387525 (ebook)
9781906387525 (ebook)
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