Rethinking development : putting an end to poverty / Henri Bartoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartoli, Henri, 1918-2008.

Contributor:

MOST (Program : Unesco)

Standardized Title:

Repenser le développement. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Sustainable development.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Distributive justice.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Public welfare--Developing countries.

Public welfare.

Economic assistance--Developing countries.

Economic assistance.

Distributive justice--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

viii, 183 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Putting an end to poverty

Place of Publication:

Paris : Economica : UNESCO, [2000]

Summary:

According to Henri Bartoli in his hard-hitting new book, rules, institutions and procedures must be invented which will strengthen the governance and governability of the economy at global, regional and local levels- a radical renewal of economic thinking on which all efforts to rationalize are based.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Human rights, the basis of sustainable development 9

1. Human rights, the cornerstone of sustainable human development 10

2. Acknowledging the human cost of labour 17

3. Integration of ecological costs 23

Chapter 2 Failure of strategies based primarily on economic and financial considerations. A multidimensional strategy interlinking economic, social and environmental factors 31

1. Limitations of strategies based on self-reliance and import substitution 33

2. The social failure of structural adjustment strategies 39

3. A proposed strategy based on education, law, employment and sharing 45

Chapter 3 Governance on three levels: global, national and regional 61

1. Conditions of global governance 63

2. A vital actor: the State 72

3. The pivotal issues of government: the case of Europe 82

Chapter 4 Removing the obstacles to governability: absence of democracy; indebtedness; financial slippage; power of the major "masters of the world" groups; interference 101

1. Making civil society a partner in development 102

2. "Pilotage" planning and collective education. New indicators 108

3. Cancellation of debts; meeting capital needs 117

4. Regulation and control of capital movements 123

5. Facing up to the masters of the world economy: the multinational enterprises 127

6. Intervention

Controversial but necessary 132

Chapter 5 Economic thought renewed and open to changes in knowledge 145

1. Plurality of causes; adoption of principles of indetermination and relativity 148

2. The organizational principle and the systemic principle 156

3. The principle of responsibility 161

4. A polyphonic knowledge 165

Conclusion: Keeping our word 175.

Notes:

"Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme" -- t.p.

Originally published in French under the title: Repenser le développement (UNESCO, 1999).

"Editions UNESCO."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1902282078

9231037021

OCLC:

45099884