Masters of Their Own Development?: Prsps and the Prospects for the Poor

by Ann Pettifor (Introduction)

Near Fine; Monrovia, World Vision International, 2002. Octavo, photo-illustrated wraps, 137 pp. Near Fine; virtually as new. A Christian charitable organization's look at PSRPs (poverty reduction mechanisms intended to allow self-develpment). LT6

137 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Ann Pettifor is a director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME), Honorary Research Fellow at the Political Economy Research Centre at City University (CITYPERC), and a fellow of the New Economics Foundation, London.

She is best known for correctly predicting the Global Financial Crisis in several publications including The New Statesman (Coming soon: the new poor) and her 2006 publication The Coming First World Debt Crisis.

Pettifor's background is in sovereign debt. She was one of the leaders in the Jubilee 2000 debt campaign which succeeded in writing off $100 billion of debts (in nominal terms) owed by 35 of the poorest countries. She is also Executive Director of Advocacy International, which advises governments and organisations on matters relating to international finance and sustainable development.

She recently published Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance.