Development And Globalisation : Daring To Think Differently

Yash Tandon

ISBN 10: 8182910897 / ISBN 13: 9788182910898

Published by Books For Change, 2010

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Based on his experiences as director of the South Centre the intergovernmental think tank for the South Yash Tandon challenges what he describes as the misdirected aid and development policies of the last 30 years He oers alternative concepts and paradigms of development for policy makers and peoples movements on wide-ranging issues He challenges his readers to dare to think di erently According to Professor Tandon development is self-de ned It is primarily the responsibility of the South to develop itself the North does not have a duty to develop the South nor should the South expect it Development he believes is about building condence between governments and their people It is not about winning the condence of banks and global nancial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF which is what globalisation is all aboutThese essays reveal Tandons thinking on a cross-spectrum of issues including the reform of the Bretton Woods institutions climate change and food security industry trade innovation and intellectual property the global nancial crisis ending aid dependence and the Palestine?Israel question They are essential reading for those who believe that another world is possible 190 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Development And Globalisation : Daring To Think Differently
• Publisher: Books For Change
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8182910897
• ISBN 13: 9788182910898
• Binding: pbk

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Synopsis

Based on his experiences as director of the South Centre, the intergovernmental think tank for the South, Yash Tandon challenges what he describes as the misdirected aid and development policies of the last 30 years. He offers alternative concepts and paradigms of development for policy makers and peoples movements on wide-ranging issues. He challenges his readers to dare to think differently . According to Professor Tandon, development is self-defined. It is primarily the responsibility of the South to develop itself; the North does not have a duty to develop the South, nor should the South expect it. Development, he believes, is about building confidence between governments and their people. It is not about winning the confidence of banks and global financial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF, which is what globalisation is all about.

About the Author

Yash Tandon is a senior advisor and writer for the South Centre, Geneva, an intergovernmental think-tank of developing countries, and has been a policy maker, political activist, professor, and public intellectual. He has written more than 100 scholarly articles and has written and edited books on subjects ranging from African politics and international economics to human rights. Benjamin W. Mkapa is the former president of Tanzania.