Commodities, governance and economic development under globalization

Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This book elaborates the ideas inthe tradition of Maizels' contributons, and discusses and extends these theories in relation to current problems. INDICE: Foreword - Preface and Introduction - Current Contextual Setting for Development Finance - PART I: COMMODITIES, TRADE AND GOVERNANCE: REFLECTIONS ON ALFRED MAIZELS' LIFE, WORK AND LEGACY - Commodities, Co-operation, and World Economic Development: The Mission of Alfred Maizels, 1917-2006 - Poverty, Power and Global Economic Governance - PART II: COMMODITIES AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IN THE 21ST CENTURY - Issues and Challenges for Commodity Markets in the Global Economy: An Overview - Commodity Market Structures, Evolving Governance and Policy Issues - Commodities still in Crisis? - Asian Drivers, CommodityPrices and the Terms of Trade - Uncertain prospects of commodity-dependent developing countries - PART III: CASE STUDIES OF COTTON AND COPPER - Crises in Cotton of Francophone Africa: Fatality or Challenge for Multi-dimension Cooperation? - Exchange Rate Management for Commodity Dependent Countries: A ZambianCase Study - PART IV: FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE UNDER GLOBALIZATION - A Role of Compensatory finance in the 21st century after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis - The 'Bottom Billions': A Critique and Alternative View - Global Rules and Markets: Constraints over Policy Autonomy in Developing Countries

• ISBN: 978-0-230-20334-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 408
• Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés