The Development Imperative: Toward a People-Centered Approach

by Dean Baker, Amit Bhaduri, José Antonio Ocampo

CONTENTS * The First Annual International Forum for Development Eric Hershberg & Christy Thornton * Toward a People-Centered Approach to Development Deepak Nayyar & Ha-Joon Chang Part 1: Development and Globalization * Globalization, Development and Democracy José Antonio Ocampo * The Priority of Human Development Gustav Ranis & Frances Stewart * Realizing Challenges for the International Forum for Development Mary Robinson Part 2: Growth and Employment * Joblessness Amit Bhaduri * The Impact on Advanced Economies of North-South Trade in Manufacturing and Services Robert Rowthorn Part 3: International Trade Policy and the Developing World * Developed Countries’ Trade Disguised Unilateralism? A Chronicle of Manipulated Multilateralism S.P. Shukla * The Relative Impact of Trade Liberalization on Developing Countries Mark Weisbrot & Dean Baker * Rights-Based Approaches to Trade Raymond Offenheiser

186 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Dean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, with Mark Weisbrot. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He has a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan.