Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development: How Trade Can Promote Development (Revised) (Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series) - Softcover

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199219982 ISBN 13: 9780199219988

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd), 2007

Synopsis

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They put forward a radical and realistic new model for managing trading relationships between the richest and the poorest countries. Their approach is designed to open up markets in the interests of all and not just the most powerful economies, to ensure that trade promotes development, and to minimise the costs of adjustments. Beginning with a brief history of the World Trade Organisation and its agreements, the authors explore the issues and events which led to the failure of Cancun and the obstacles that face the successful completion of the Doha Round of negotiations. Finally they spell out the reforms and principles upon which a successful agreement must be based. Accessibly written and packed full of empirical evidence and analysis, this book is a must read for anyone interested in world trade and development.

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Review:

'A worthwhile read for anyone interested in trade and development.' (Diplomat)

About the Author:

Joseph E. Stiglitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001 and is University Professor at Columbia University where he founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue in 2000. He was Chair of President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors from 1995-97 and Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000.His best known recent publications include 'Making Globalization Work' (2006), 'Globalization and its Discontents' (2002) and 'The Roaring Nineties' (2003). Andrew Charlton is a Research Officer at the London School of Economics. He has taught at Oxford University and been a consultant for the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, The United Nations Development Program and the OECD Development Centre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0199219982
• ISBN 13: 9780199219988
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340