Solving the riddle of globalization and development. Edited by Manuel R. Agosin, David E. Bloom, Georges Chapelier and Jagdish Saigal (London: Routledge for and on behalf of UNCTAD-UNDP Global Programme on Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development, 2007). Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy. ISBN: 978-0-415-77031-6, H/bk, 272pp; ISBN: 978-0-415-77032-3, P/bk, 272pp
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 39 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0954-1748
- DOI
- 10.1002/jid.1466
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✦ Synopsis
non-governmental agencies, policy makers and governmental officials, who need inexpensive ways to measure poverty, should consider investing in this book.
Qualitative researchers developing curricula related to critical race theory, feminism and nuanced economic relationships would benefit from this text. Teachers and administrators in Western schools who want to develop sensitivity towards a multicultural, diverse population would also find the book useful. Leadership institutes involved in entrepreneurial training of women; and local government officials fighting poverty and crime would find ideas to build social capacity, which has been eroded due to changing economics.
The message in the two books should serve as a wake up call: it is about time that the effective use of microfinancing and microenterprise became part of the mainstream, and became thought of as a pathway out of poverty. Written in an easy style, both books make the underlying economic and socio-political details accessible to the public and therefore are highly recommended.