Perspectives on Global Development 2010: Shifting Wealth

de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 5 de octubre de 2010 09:49
asunto: [EQ] Perspectives on Global Development 2010: Shifting Wealth

Perspectives on Global Development 2010: Shifting Wealth

OECD Development Centre 2010


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“….Shifting Wealth examines the changing dynamics of the global economy over the last 20 years, and in particular the impact of the economic rise of large developing countries, such as China and India, on the poor. It details new patterns in assets and flows within the global economy and highlights the strengthening of “south-south” links – the increasing interactions between developing countries through trade, aid and foreign direct investment.

What do these changes imply for development and development policy?
The report explores potential policy responses at both national and international levels.
Nationally, developing countries' need to re-position their development strategies to capitalise on the increasing potential of south-south co-operation and to fully benefit from new macroeconomic drivers. Internationally, the global governance architecture needs to adjust to better reflect current economic weights…”


Summaries of the report

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Multilingual summaries (English; French; Chinese; German; Portuguese; Spanish)

Working Papers and Background Papers


DEV Working Paper 285: The emerging middle class in developing countries, Homi Kharas
DEV Working Paper 289: South America for the Chinese? A trade-based analysis, Eliana Cardoso and Márcio Holland
PGD Background Paper: How China is influencing Africa's development, Martyn Davies
PGD Background Paper: Much Ado About Nothing?
Outward MNE activity from developing countries and its importance for home and host country,
Rajneesh Narula
PGD Background Paper: Urbanization, hukou system and government land ownership:
effects on rural migrant workers and on rural and urban hukou residents, Yasheng Huang
PGD Background Paper: Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction under the Regime of ‘Shifting Wealth’:
The Global Evidence, Augustin Fosu
PGD Background Paper: Access to financial services in emerging powers: facts, obstacles and policy implications,
Liliana Rojas-Suarez


Other background papers:
PGD Background Paper: Shifting Economic Power, John Whalley

Articles
Does South Asia run the risk of rising inflation?
The 0.85 percent solution for low-income countries
Old habits, new donors
A tangled web by Amar Bhattacharya





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