This enlightening book offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the main development challenges of the last half century and the international community’s response through aid and trade. With 50 years of professional experience in the World Bank, the WTO and bilateral aid agencies,...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Growth Constraints, Aid Targets and Basic Needs -- Chapter 3: Export Pessimism and the Neoclassical Revival -- Chapter 4: Debt and Adjustment: Muddling Through -- Chapter 5: The Collapse of Planning and the Troubled Transition -- Chapter 6: The Birth of the...

Many developing countries are not participating in the World Trade Organization as much as they should. What can be done about it? In the 1960s and 1970s developing countries viewed UNCTAD rather than the GATT as the main institution through which to promote their interests in international...

“This is a very well written book, technically sound, and a great source of material for anyone who wants to understand the factors that have shaped much of international economics for the past half a century.” -K.Y. Amoako, President of the African Center for Economic Transformation, Ghana...