Aid, Trade and Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Aid, Trade and Development: 50 Years of Globalization

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 1-7

3. Growth Constraints, Aid Targets and Basic Needs

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 9-33

4. Export Pessimism and the Neoclassical Revival

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 35-52

5. Debt and Adjustment: Muddling Through

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 53-89

6. The Collapse of Planning and the Troubled Transition

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 91-125

7. The Birth of the WTO

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 127-163

8. The Many Faces of Globalization

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 165-205

9. Millennium Aid, Trade and Development

   • Constantine Michalopoulos

   Pages 207-237

10. The Greek Crisis: Muddling Through Revisited

    • Constantine Michalopoulos

    Pages 239-281

11. The Twilight of Liberalism?

    • Constantine Michalopoulos

    Pages 283-313

12. The Future

    • Constantine Michalopoulos

    Pages 315-335

13. Back Matter

    Pages 337-353

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This enlightening book offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the main development challenges of the last half century and the international community’s response through aid and trade. Much has happened: the oil crises of the 1970s, the debt crises of the 1980s, the break-up of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the Millennium Development Goals, the onslaught of Globalization and the rise of its opponents since the financial crisis of the 2000s. Through it all, development has spread and global poverty declined. The volume assesses the contributions and coherence of developing and developed country policies and the role played by global institutions entrusted with responsibilities to enhance trade and support development. The volume concludes with a focus on the prospects for the future and the changes needed to make globalization more equitable. With 50 years of professional experience in the World Bank, the WTO and bilateral aid agencies, Michalopoulos brings an insider’s perspective on the workings of these institutions and what needs to be done to make them more effective and responsive to changing global needs.

• Imports and exports
• Trade policy
• Commodity Trade Agreements
• Debt Relief
• The Washington Consensus
• World Trade System
• Central Planning
• Russia, Eastern Europe and the Balkans
• Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
• the Monterrey Conference
• The Doha Round
• Preferential Trade Agreements
• Millennium Development Goals
• Development Economics
• Poverty, Aid and Development
• Globalization
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Bilateral aid agencies
• Global poverty

“Michalopoulos’ book represents a thorough and thoughtful account of the myriad policy and analytical issues which lie at the crossroads of trade, aid and the development process. Its breadth of coverage and extensive bibliography after each chapter make it an important reference for students and practitioners of these matters, as well as for policymakers grappling with such issues.” (George Papaconstantinou, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, November 11, 2018)

• School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA

  Constantine Michalopoulos

Constantine Michalopoulos has been a Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the Johns Hopkins University, USA, since 2012. Michalopoulos was for many years an official of the World Bank holding a number of senior positions including Director for Economic Policy and Senior Advisor for Europe and Central Asia. He has also been Chief Economist of the US Agency for International Development, Special Advisor to the World Trade Organization and taught economics at several US universities. Following his retirement from the World Bank he has served as advisor to governments and international organizations including the IMF, the World Bank, UNCTAD, the EU Commission, GTZ and the UK DFID on trade, finance and development. He has written several books and over 100 articles and monographs on these subjects.

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