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Gallagher Kevin

Putting development first : The importance of policy space in the WTO and international financial institutions - Bangalore Booksm For Change 2005 - 301p vii

Contents:
List of tables and figures;
1 Globalization and the Nation-State: Reasserting Policy Autonomy for Development 1;
Kevin P. Gallagher;
2 Development Policies in a World of Globalization 15;
Joseph E. Stiglitz;
3 Rethinking Industrial Strategy: The Role of the State in the Face of Globalization 33;
Sanjaya Lall;
4 Toward the Optimum Degree of Openness 69;
Amit Bhaduri;
5 What Strategies Are Viable for Developing Countries Today? The World Trade Organization and the Shrinking of "Development Space" 80;
Robert Hunter Wade;
6 Kicking Away the Ladder: "Good Policies" and "Good Institutions" in Historical Perspective 102;
Ha-Joon Chang;
7 The TRIPS Agreement and Transfer of Technology 126;
Carlos M. Correa;
8 Will Investment Rules Shrink Policy Space for Sustainable Development? Evidence from the Electricity Sector 146;
Albert H. Cho and Navroz K. Dubash;
9 Performance Requirements as Tools of Development Policy: Lessons from Developed and Developing Countries 179;
Nagesh Kumar;
10 Neoliberalism as a Political Opportunity: Constraint and Innovation in Contemporary Development Strategy 195;
Peter Evans;
11 Promoting Industry under WTO Law 216;
Alice H. Amsden;
12 Special and Differential Treatment: The Multilateral Trading System and Economic Development in the Twenty-first Century 233;
Ajit Singh;
References 264;
About the Contributors 289;
Index 295.

ISBN: 9788182910492 1842776355

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Economic Development2. Development Economics3. Developing Countries - Economic Policy

Dewey Class. No.: 338.900000 / GAL