Global development and property reduction : the challenge for international institution / edited by John-ren Chen And David Sapsford

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Introduction / Karl Socher -- PART I : GENERAL ISSUES : INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION AND POVERTY : The role of international institution in economic development and poverty reducation in the developing world / John-ren Chen -- Designing the role of international institutions in raising the standard of living in the developing world / John-ren Chen -- Global development and stability : the challenge for international institutions / Kalaus Libscher -- Global development and industrialization / Sanjaya Lall -- International institutions and global inequality : theoretical ability and empirical failure / Andreas Exenberger -- The Effect of IMF lending and freedom on the growth performance of developing countries / Sevinc Mihci and Hakan Mihci -- PART II : PARTICULAR INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND POVERTY : WTO membership : what does it do foe growth and poverty ? / Davis Sapsford, V. N. Balasubramanyam and Stephan Pfaffenzeller -- Multilateral debt management and the poor / Kunibert Raffer -- The role of international institutions and the government in development : the cast of Croatia (poverty and inequality as a consequence of the transition path) / Mirjana Dragicevic -- PART III : INTERNATION INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONAL ISSUES : Institutions, integration and poverty in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (EEFSU) / Syed M. Ahsan and Melania Nica -- Privatization and poverty : the case of Russia / Alois Wenig -- The 1997/98 economic crisis in Southeast Asia : policy responses and the role of the IMF / Teofilo C. Daquila -- Development crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa : globalization, Adjustment and the role of international institutions / Kwan S. Kim