North-South and South-South: Essays on International Economics

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction and Overview....Pages 3-15
Alternative Approaches to North-South Negotiations....Pages 16-35
Basic Needs Strategies, Human Rights, and the Right to Development....Pages 36-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Recent Theories of International Trade: Some Implications for the South....Pages 69-98
A Note on ‘Strategic’ Trade Theory and the South....Pages 99-117
How Significant are Externalities for Development?....Pages 118-161
Do Third World Countries Benefit From Countertrade?....Pages 162-187
Are Quantitative Restrictions Outdated? An Assessment of Article XVIIIb of the GATT....Pages 188-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Money and South-South Cooperation....Pages 225-246
A New Currency for Trade Among Developing Countries....Pages 247-264
The International Debt Situation and North-South Relations....Pages 265-288
Back to Keynesianism: Reforming the IMF....Pages 289-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Technology Transfer for Development....Pages 311-338
Technical Change in the North: Some Complications for Southern Options....Pages 339-355
Back Matter....Pages 356-394