the struggle to escape poverty Allawi, Ali A. (Ali Abdul-Amir) 1947- creator text bibliography ctu 2024 monographic eng

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xii, 675 pages ; 25 cm "Over the past two decades, experiments in neoliberal economics have opened up a chasm of inequality between the Global South and the West. Development advice from richer nations has led to social upheaval, political unrest, environmental degradation--and even the creation of a new underclass. Brutal extremes of wealth and poverty are now commonplace. Ali A. Allawi traces the evolution of the world economic order from the late imperial era to the present day. Shedding light on continuing controversies, Allawi shows how the process of development has been hindered at every turn, from poor leadership and lost opportunities to widespread corruption. In doing so, he argues that the current neoliberal consensus is only the most recent of a series of failed policy imperatives. Covering issues in the Global South as well as failures in the West, this definitive account offers an impassioned and authoritative call for change"-- Emerging from war -- The road to Bretton Woods -- Crumbling empires -- From reconstruction to development -- India and the allure of planning -- Latin America and import substitution -- Cold War fault lines -- To develop, modernise! -- The population bomb, famine and the Green Revolution -- Resource limits, resource booms, resource crises -- Radicals, revolutionaries and utopians -- Enter the free market -- Turmoil, transition and flux -- The faltering continent -- Lurching towards disaster -- The soaring flying geese -- The giant awakens -- Globalisation ascendant -- The short decade -- Fragmentations and intractability -- The aurthoitarian option -- The chasm -- Annexe: UN Millennium Development Goals (2000). Ali A. Allawi. Includes bibliographical references (pages 606-651) and index. d------ Developing countries Economic conditions Economic history Historia económica Economic development Developing countries Desarrollo económico Países en desarrollo Economic development History Desarrollo económico Historia Histoire économique Développement économique Histoire Países en desarrollo Condiciones económicas HC 59.7 A421r 2024 9780300214284 (hardcover) 0300214286 (hardcover) 2023952213 YDX 231216 20260715163634.0 23437429 eng