Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free Trade (Global Issues Series)
John Madeley
ISBN 10: 1856498654 ISBN 13: 9781856498654
Published by Zed Books, 2000
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As the fallout from the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) continues, John Madeley explores some key questions about the free trade that it advocates:
Will free trade in food help or hinder the abolition of world hunger?
Who benefits first? The poor? Or the transnational corporations?
Will free trade help Third World farmers find new international markets?
How can countries - North and South, rich and poor - protect their farmers?
How can self-sufficiency in food production be achieved?
His book exposes the contradiction between Western governments' rhetoric about reducing world poverty and the drive to yet more trade liberalization.
About the Author: John Madeley is a writer, author of nine books and broadcaster who has specialized in development issues for over thirty years. From 1983 to 1998, he was editor of the renowned magazine International Agricultural Development. A contributor to leading British papers including the Observer and Financial Times, he has also written for many NGOs, including Christian Aid, the Panos Institute and the Catholic Institute for International Relations.
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Title: Hungry for Trade: How the Poor Pay for Free ...
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair