Analytical perspectives on global integration in pursuit of sustainable human development

In the closing years of the twentieth century, most developing countries adopted increasingly liberal strategies of economic development. They opened domestic markets to international trade, gave market forces greater play in the allocation of resources, and privatized many stateowned enterprises. There was also a sea change in policies towards foreign direct investment (FDI), with liberalizing measures far exceeding restrictive ones throughout the 1990s (UNCTAD, 2000).