ABSTRACT
The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments, developed and developing, to impose debilitating austerity measures that are exacerbating the structural weaknesses that caused the crisis in the first place.
This volume offers historical insights into the origins of the contemporary crisis as well as detailed analyses of the financial and trade dimensions, an assessment of the technological and innovation context along with perspectives on the implications for unemployment and gender imbalances.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|53 pages
Insights from History
chapter 2|26 pages
Trade Liberalization, Industrialization and Development 1
chapter 3|15 pages
The Slowing Down of the Engine of Growth
part 2|72 pages
The Finance and Trade Dimension
chapter 6|16 pages
Trade Dimensions in the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Developing Countries
part 3|54 pages
The Technology and Innovation Dimension
chapter 9|33 pages
Creative Destruction and Recovery in Latin America
part 4|51 pages
The Gender and Employment Dimension
part 5|44 pages
The Scenario for Big Developing States
chapter 13|18 pages
Inequality and Unemployment in the Growth and Recovery Process
part 6|59 pages
The Scenario for Small Developing States