Structural adjustment, global trade, and the new political economy of development / Biplab Dasgupta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dasgupta, Biplab.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Development economics.

Economic development.

International trade.

International economic relations.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy).

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

434 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

This book argues that the changes in the global economy are so profound that the world is now confronted with nothing less than a new political economy of development. The changes include: the continuing rise in the power of multinational corporations; the standardized policy package of structural adjustment now imposed by the World Bank and IMF; the coercive and much more far-reaching rules governing international trade in goods and services embodied in the World Trade Organization Agreements; the OECD's impending Multilateral Agreement on Investment; the new international conventions on the environment; and globalization generally. The author provides an intellectually commanding survey of this new terrain. He subjects its economic and ideological assumptions to trenchant critique and shows how the rules of the game primarily reflect the interests of the rich and powerful countries of the North.

Contents:

2 The New Political Economy of Development 19

3 Structural Adjustment 66

4 Gatt, Wto and the World Trade System 137

5 Environment and Structural Adjustment 207

6 The East Asian Development Experience 254

7 A Global Overview: East and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and India 316.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-424) and indexes.

ISBN:

1856495957

1856495965

OCLC:

39823095