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Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis
Jose Alonso
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Description for Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis
Hardback. Editor(s): Alonso, Jose Antonio; Ocampo, Jose Antonio. Series: Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 graphs. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Leading governments undertook extraordinary measures to offset the 2008 economic crisis, shoring up financial institutions, stimulating demand to reverse recession, and rebalancing budgets to alleviate sovereign debt. While productive in and of themselves, these solutions were effective because they were coordinated internationally and were matched with sweeping global financial reforms. Unfortunately, coordination has weakened after these initial steps, indicating one of the crisis's adverse effects will be a significant reduction in development cooperation. Urging advanced nations to improve their support for development, the contributors to this volume revisit the causes of the 2008 collapse and the ongoing effects of ... Read more
Leading governments undertook extraordinary measures to offset the 2008 economic crisis, shoring up financial institutions, stimulating demand to reverse recession, and rebalancing budgets to alleviate sovereign debt. While productive in and of themselves, these solutions were effective because they were coordinated internationally and were matched with sweeping global financial reforms. Unfortunately, coordination has weakened after these initial steps, indicating one of the crisis's adverse effects will be a significant reduction in development cooperation. Urging advanced nations to improve their support for development, the contributors to this volume revisit the causes of the 2008 collapse and the ongoing effects of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231159661
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V9780231159661
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About Jose Alonso
Jose Antonio Alonso is director of the Complutense Institute for International Studies (ICEI) and professor of applied economics at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He is a member of the Committee for Development Policy at the United Nation's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the editor of Principios: Estudios de Economia Politica. His most recent books are Accion Colectiva y ... Read more
Reviews for Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis
This welcome volume provides a relevant and highly useful set of arguments on an issue that's at the top of the international agenda.
Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, professor of international economics, Universidad de Chile A valuable contribution to the current editorial landscape. Academic Councel on the United Nations System
Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, professor of international economics, Universidad de Chile A valuable contribution to the current editorial landscape. Academic Councel on the United Nations System