The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments,...

pt. 1. Insights from history -- pt. 2. The finance and trade dimension -- pt. 3. The technology and innovation dimension -- pt. 4. The gender and employment dimension -- pt. 5. The scenario for big developing states : the case of South Africa -- pt. 6. The scenario for small developing states :...

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Structural transformation in developing countries -- Employment -- Productivity growth -- Urbanization -- Industrialization -- Poverty -- Role of the state and policy -- Index

1. Introduction -- 2. Developing country growth and the commodity terms of trade -- 3. The statistical properites of commodity prices -- 4. Country case studies : primary commodities and economic development -- 5. Conclusion : commodity dependence in developing countries: economic destiny or...