Rethinking Globalization: Critical Issues and Policy Choices

by Kok Peng Khor and Martin Khor

In this optimistic book Martin Khor, director of the influential Third World Network, sets out concrete proposals for what Third World governments can do to shape globalization to their particular circumstances. His book explains what economic globalization means in trade, finance and investment, and shows how globalization is not increasing economic growth in most countries, or reducing inequality and poverty. In the process, Khor refutes the 'one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842770551
• ISBN13: 9781842770559
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

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Read it, learn it. The impact is too large to ignore, and Khor offers an authoritative interpretation of the impacts of globalisation. (Khor also writes for UNDP and UNCTAD at request, and works extensively with the third world network and the North South institute). He knows his stuff.