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Commodities, Governance and Economic Development under Globalization

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Editors:
  1. Machiko Nissanke

    1. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

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  2. George Mavrotas

    1. UNU-WIDER, Japan

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Commodities, Trade and Governance: Reflections on Alfred Maizels’ Life, Work and Legacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Commodities, Cooperation and World Economic Development: The Mission of Alfred Maizels (1917–2006)

      • John Toye
      Pages 3-17

    3. Poverty, Power and Global Economic Governance

      • Gerry Helleiner
      Pages 19-36

  3. Commodities and the Global Economy in the Twenty-First Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Issues and Challenges for Commodity Markets in the Global Economy: An Overview

      • Machiko Nissanke
      Pages 39-63

    3. Commodity Market Structures, Evolving Governance and Policy Issues

      • Machiko Nissanke
      Pages 65-97

    4. Commodities Still In Crisis?

      • David Sapsford, Stephan Pfaffenzeller, Harry Bloch
      Pages 99-115

    5. Asian Drivers, Commodities and the Terms of Trade

      • Raphael Kaplinsky
      Pages 117-138

    6. Uncertain Prospects of Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries

      • Alice Sindzingre
      Pages 139-162

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 337-368
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About this book

Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This book elaborates the ideas in the tradition of Maizels' contributons, and discusses and extends these theories in relation to current problems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

    Machiko Nissanke

  • UNU-WIDER, Japan

    George Mavrotas

About the editors

MACHIKO NISSANKE is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. She previously worked at Birkbeck College, University College London and the University of Oxford, and was also Research Fellow of Nuffield College and the Overseas Development Institute. She has published numerous books and journal articles in financial and international economics, and has served many international organizations as advisor and coordinator of research programmes.
 
GEORGE MAVROTAS is the Chief Economist of the Global Development Network. Previously he was a fellow and project director at UNU-WIDER and on the economics faculties of the Universities of Oxford and Manchester. He has published extensively in journals and books on development economics and development finance, including Commodity Supply Management by Producing Countries (Oxford University Press), Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics, and Development Finance in the Global Economy: The Road Ahead and Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction, all with Palgrave Macmillan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Commodities, Governance and Economic Development under Globalization

  • Editors: Machiko Nissanke, George Mavrotas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274020

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-20334-1Published: 20 January 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-27402-0Published: 20 January 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 368

  • Topics: Development Economics, Globalization

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