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The UN and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development
John Toye
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Description for The UN and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development
Paperback. A dramatic account of the UN's struggle over how best to understand severe inequities in the global economy. Series: United Nations Intellectual History Project. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Against the backdrop of a 20-year revolt against free trade orthodoxy by economists inside the UN and their impact on policy discussions since the 1960s, the authors show how the UN both nurtured and inhibited creative and novel intellectual contributions to the trade and development debate. Presenting a stirring account of the main UN actors in this debate, The UN and Global Political Economy focuses on the accomplishments and struggles of UN economists and the role played by such UN agencies as the Department of Economic (and Social) Affairs, the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development, and the Economic ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
United Nations Intellectual History Project
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253216861
SKU
V9780253216861
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About John Toye
John Toye is a political economist who has directed research on economic development at the Universities of Wales, Sussex, and Oxford. He has also worked as a British civil servant, as the director of a private consultancy company, and as a director of the United Nations Committee on Trade and Development. His previous books include Dilemmas of Development (2nd ed., ... Read more
Reviews for The UN and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development
John Toye (British political economist) and Richard Toye (history, Cambridge Univ., UK), a father-son team, examine, as part of the United Nations Intellectual History Project, contributions to development economics by the UN and its specialized agencies. They acknowledge that, despite high aspirations by some for the UN to be the principal international organization to promote economic development, its status in ... Read more