Understanding Development People, Markets and the State in Mixed Economies

by Sachs, Ignacy

• ISBN13: 9780195648980
• ISBN10: 0195648986
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This collection covers two broad themes: the author's perspective on problems faced by developing countries in the world economy, based primarily on his work in India and Brazil, and a wide-ranging discussion of environmental issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
Searching for New Development Strategies: The Challenges of the Social Summit	8	(39)
Social Sustainability and Whole Development	47	(22)
Towards a Modern Biomass-based Civilization	69	(10)
Development in a Liberalized and Globalizing World Economy: An Impossible Challenge?	79	(29)
People's Livelihoods in the Real Economy	108	(37)
Rethinking Development Strategies in the Aftermath of the Asian Crisis	145	(23)
Negotiated and Contractual Management of Biodiversity	168	(8)
Citizenhood: Local, National, Regional and Planetary	176	(7)
Conclusion: A North-South Dialogue on the Challenges of the 21st Century	183	(10)
Name Index	193	(2)
Subject Index	195