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In the mid-1980s the international development community helped
launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty
reduction and local economic development policies of all time.
Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor
to help them to establish their own income-generating activities,
was initially highly praised and some were even led to believe that
it would end poverty as we know it. But in recent years the
microcredit model has been subject to growing scrutiny and often
intense criticism. The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit shines a
light on many of the fundamental problems surrounding microcredit,
in particular, the short- and long-term impacts of dramatically
rising levels of microdebt. Developed in collaboration with UNCTAD,
this book covers the general policy implications of adverse
microcredit impacts, as well as gathering together country-specific
case studies from around the world to illustrate the real dynamics,
incentives and end results. Lively and provocative, The Rise and
Fall of Global Microcredit is an accessible guide for students,
academics, policymakers and development professionals alike.
In the mid-1980s the international development community helped
launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty
reduction and local economic development policies of all time.
Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor
to help them to establish their own income-generating activities,
was initially highly praised and some were even led to believe that
it would end poverty as we know it. But in recent years the
microcredit model has been subject to growing scrutiny and often
intense criticism. The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit shines a
light on many of the fundamental problems surrounding microcredit,
in particular, the short- and long-term impacts of dramatically
rising levels of microdebt. Developed in collaboration with UNCTAD,
this book covers the general policy implications of adverse
microcredit impacts, as well as gathering together country-specific
case studies from around the world to illustrate the real dynamics,
incentives and end results. Lively and provocative, The Rise and
Fall of Global Microcredit is an accessible guide for students,
academics, policymakers and development professionals alike.
Southern-Led Development Finance examines some of the innovative
new south-south financial arrangements and institutions that have
emerged in recent years, as countries from the Global South seek to
transform their economies and to shield themselves from global
economic turbulence. Even before the Covid-19 crisis, it was clear
to many that the global economy needed a reset and a massive
increase in public investment. In the last decade southern-owned
development banks, infrastructure funds, foreign exchange reserve
funds and Sovereign Wealth Funds have doubled the amount of
long-term finance available to developing countries. Now, as the
world considers what a post-Covid-19 future will look like, it is
clear that Southern-led institutions will do much of the heavy
lifting. This book brings together insights from theory and
practice, incorporating the voices of bankers, policymakers and
practitioners alongside international academics. It covers the most
significant new initiatives stemming from Asia, tried and tested
examples in Latin America and in Africa, and the contribution of
advanced economies. Whilst the book highlights the potential for
Southern-led initiatives to change the global financial landscape
profoundly, it also shows their varied impacts and concludes that
more is needed for development than just the technical availability
of funds. As governments and businesses become frustrated by the
traditional North-dominated mechanisms and international financial
system, this book argues that southern-led development finance will
play an important role in the search for more inclusive, equitable
and sustainable patterns of investment, trade and growth in the
post-Covid landscape. It will be of interest to practitioners,
policy makers, researchers and students working on development and
finance everywhere.
This book brings together papers written by representatives from UN
agencies and academics who take a fresh look at the expanding role
of transnational corporations and foreign direct investment in the
world economy. These papers deal with such issues as the nature and
extent of globalisation, the shifting relations between
transnational corporations and national economies, and the
opportunities and obstacles facing policy makers in the rapidly
changing global economy.
This book brings together papers written by representatives from UN
agencies and academics who take a fresh look at the expanding role
of transnational corporations and foreign direct investment in the
world economy. These papers deal with such issues as the nature and
extent of globalisation, the shifting relations between
transnational corporations and national economies, and the
opportunities and obstacles facing policy makers in the rapidly
changing global economy.
This book shows how regional cooperation and integration have
increased massively in scale and scope in recent years, as
developing countries seek new ways to shield themselves from
economic turbulence and to kick-start their economies in the face
of stagnant global demand. The trend is partly a defense mechanism
against the limitations of the international financial system, but
also reflects a wider search for new and different growth paths
more appropriate with developing countries' increasing economic and
political voice. As a consequence, the landscape of financial and
monetary mechanisms has changed dramatically, especially in the ten
years since the economic crisis of 2007-2008.
Southern-Led Development Finance examines some of the innovative
new south-south financial arrangements and institutions that have
emerged in recent years, as countries from the Global South seek to
transform their economies and to shield themselves from global
economic turbulence. Even before the Covid-19 crisis, it was clear
to many that the global economy needed a reset and a massive
increase in public investment. In the last decade southern-owned
development banks, infrastructure funds, foreign exchange reserve
funds and Sovereign Wealth Funds have doubled the amount of
long-term finance available to developing countries. Now, as the
world considers what a post-Covid-19 future will look like, it is
clear that Southern-led institutions will do much of the heavy
lifting. This book brings together insights from theory and
practice, incorporating the voices of bankers, policymakers and
practitioners alongside international academics. It covers the most
significant new initiatives stemming from Asia, tried and tested
examples in Latin America and in Africa, and the contribution of
advanced economies. Whilst the book highlights the potential for
Southern-led initiatives to change the global financial landscape
profoundly, it also shows their varied impacts and concludes that
more is needed for development than just the technical availability
of funds. As governments and businesses become frustrated by the
traditional North-dominated mechanisms and international financial
system, this book argues that southern-led development finance will
play an important role in the search for more inclusive, equitable
and sustainable patterns of investment, trade and growth in the
post-Covid landscape. It will be of interest to practitioners,
policy makers, researchers and students working on development and
finance everywhere.
This book shows how regional cooperation and integration have
increased massively in scale and scope in recent years, as
developing countries seek new ways to shield themselves from
economic turbulence and to kick-start their economies in the face
of stagnant global demand. The trend is partly a defense mechanism
against the limitations of the international financial system, but
also reflects a wider search for new and different growth paths
more appropriate with developing countries' increasing economic and
political voice. As a consequence, the landscape of financial and
monetary mechanisms has changed dramatically, especially in the ten
years since the economic crisis of 2007-2008.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.
This book studies the processes which lead to explosion of civil
strife and tries to spell out the policy options available to
address the challenges faced by post-conflict economies. It calls
for a more integrated policy approach which can gradually repair
trust in public institutions as it addresses the vulnerabilities
and grievances that helped start the process. Usually, such
societies do not have the luxury of meeting the goals of security,
reconciliation and development in a measured or sequenced manner:
to avoid an immediate return to violence they must begin the
recovery process on all fronts simultaneously.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.
This book studies the processes which lead to explosion of civil
strife and tries to spell out the policy options available to
address the challenges faced by post-conflict economies. It calls
for a more integrated policy approach which can gradually repair
trust in public institutions as it addresses the vulnerabilities
and grievances that helped start the process. Usually, such
societies do not have the luxury of meeting the goals of security,
reconciliation and development in a measured or sequenced manner:
to avoid an immediate return to violence they must begin the
recovery process on all fronts simultaneously.
This book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and
should be done to avert the real risks of climate change disaster.
Nor is it one of complacent congratulation for win-win initiatives,
cautiously incremental steps, and green consumer choices. Climate
Protection and Development summons us to an endeavour worthy of the
resources and ingenuity of the twenty-first century - towards bold
initiatives with big costs, and much bigger benefits. This book
explores the interconnected issues of climate and development,
laying the groundwork for just such a new deal. It presents a
challenging agenda, and highlights the needs and perspectives of
developing countries which may be unfamiliar or uncomfortable to
readers in high-income countries. The unfortunate truth is that any
large country, or group of mid-sized countries, can veto any global
climate solution by refusing to participate, so a solution will
only work if it works for everyone.
"Stabilise, liberalise and privatise" has, since the debt crisis of
the early 1980s, been the mantra chanted at developing countries by
international financial institutions, donor countries and newspaper
columnists with quasi-religious conviction. Policy debate has
increasingly polarised into the rhetoric of extremes: trade
liberalisers versus protectionists, cosmopolitan versus
nationalist, the right-thinking versus the wrong-headed, and so on.
In The Resistible Rise of Market Fundamentalism Richard
Kozul-Wright and Paul Rayment expose the mix of selective evidence,
mythical economic history, simplistic assumptions and opportunistic
bias which comprise this prescription for economic development.
They argue that attempts to apply a universal model of development
have not only met with little or no success but are dangerously at
odds with democratic principles. Insisting on a ready-made, "one
size fits all" model increases the risk of policy reactions that
are likely to undermine the peace, prosperity and global
integration that the G7 countries and the international
organisations are seeking to promote and in which the developing
countries seek to share. Instead, developing countries must be
given the freedom to experiment, to develop their own policies and
discover what works in their own, national circumstances. On this
basis, Kozul-Wright and Rayment set out a pragmatic, constructive
and more hopeful approach to development than the simplicities of
market fundamentalists.
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