This volume had its origins in an earlier research project of the World Institute for Development Economic Research (WIDER) which sought to assess the relevance of the ""new"" trade theories to the developing countries. That project generated a summary volume and the conclusion that it was time for a major review of trade and industrialization experience in the developing countries over the 197…
How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer. Round after round of international negotiation has been weighted in favor of the world’s rich, leaving the developing nations frustrated on the sidelines. In this challenging and controversial book, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton present a radical new econo…