The greatest reduction in mass poverty in human history has occurred during the current era of globalization. The world’s poor are now catching up with the rich at a rapid
pace in terms of human well-being—health, education, and life span.
Drawing on 50 years of experience around the globe, renowned development economist Deepak Lal describes developing country realities and refutes misguided notions about economic
progress, including World Bank calculations that exaggerate the extent of poverty, overstated claims made on behalf of microfinance, the resurrection of discredited theories such as vicious
circles of poverty, and the need for massive foreign aid to save Africa.
Lal also examines Western proposals to deal with climate change and concludes that they pose a great potential threat to the world’s poor. Fortunately, liberalization in poor countries makes
them less likely to be swayed by the intellectual fads of the West, so that classical liberal economic policies will continue to be the source of progress in the developing
world.
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The Brics in a Changing International System: Emerging Structures of Global Governance
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Impact Economy: Beyond Profit and Philanthropy
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The Type B Manager: Leading Successfully in a Type a World
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN CHINA: Law, Governance Andaccountability in
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What’s Wrong With China
$875 -
Solidaristic Wages Policy: The European Experience
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Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses
$12,498 -
Shareholder Activism: A Practitioner’s Handbook
$5,175 -
Race, Class, and Precinct Quality in American Cities
$5,805 -
Impact Analytics: Making Every Decision Count
$3,148 -
Financial Markets and Institutions
$3,330 -
International Networking for Development
$2,428 -
Against Non-governmental Organizations?: A Critical Perspective on Their Management
$7,200 -
The Saga of First American Corporation
$873 -
Financial Markets and Institutions
$9,000 -
Sun Ascendant: A History of Sun Life of Canada
$2,248 -
Problems and Solutions in Mathematical Finance: Commodity and Foreign Exchange Derivatives
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Perspectives on International Economics: An European Perspective
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Fda Clearance: An Integrated Clinical, Engineering, and Business Approach
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Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives
$593