Trade promotes economic growth, alleviates poverty and helps countries reach their development goals. However, developing countries - in particular the least developed - face difficulties in making trade happen and turning trade into economic growth. The Aid for Trade Initiative - launched at...

China's initiative to establish the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), attracting membership from G7 countries against the vocal opposition of the United States, has been recognised as a significant moment in an ongoing hegemonic transition. This book examines how power transitions...

Trade promotes economic growth, alleviates poverty and helps countries reach their development goals. However, developing countries – in particular the least developed – face difficulties in making trade happen and turning trade into economic growth. The Aid for Trade Initiative – launched...

Preface : Redefining Development / Muhammad Yunus -- Introduction / Kevin Danaher -- World Bank/IMF : 50 years is enough / Bruce Rich -- Global economic counterrevolution : how northern economic warfare devastates the south / Walden Bello -- IMF/World Bank wreak havoc on Third World / Davison...

Heute sind die Menschen gesünder, wohlhabender und sie leben länger als früher. Einem Teil der Menschheit ist "Der Grosse Ausbruch" aus Armut, Not, Krankheit und Entbehrung in Freiheit, Bildung, Demokratie und eine freie globale Weltwirtschaft gelungen. Dennoch nimmt die Ungleichheit zwischen...