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5. The great empires
Robert C. Allen
in Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
‘The great empires’ considers the role of globalization and de-industrialization in the destruction of manufacturing industries in the Ottoman, Chinese, Indian, and Russian empires. Three ...
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7. Africa
Robert C. Allen
in Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
African poverty is not new. Sub-Saharan Africa was the poorest region of the world in 1500, and it remains so despite the increase in income per head that has occurred. ‘Africa’ aims to ...
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3. Why are some countries rich and others poor?
Ian Goldin
in Development: A Very Short Introduction
‘Why are some countries rich and others poor?’ considers various theories of economic growth, including Robert Solow’s widely used 1956 model, and charts the uneven development of countries ...
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7. The burden of governance
Amrita Narlikar
in The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction
‘The burden of governance’ reflects on the nature of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO has lurched from one crisis to another, and reform is needed for it to remain legitimate. A ...
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2. How does development happen?
Ian Goldin
in Development: A Very Short Introduction
‘How does development happen?’ looks at how our understanding of how development happens has evolved. It first considers the evolution of post-war development theory that was strongly ...
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The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction
Amrita Narlikar
The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction explanation of what the WTO is, what it does, and how it goes about executing its tasks. The World Trade Organization ...
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1. Who needs an international trade organization?
Amrita Narlikar
in The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction
‘Who needs an international trade organization?’ explores why international trade organizations came into being. Economic theory suggests that trade liberalization is mutually beneficial, ...
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4. The expanding mandate
Amrita Narlikar
in The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction
‘The expanding mandate’ examines how the World Trade Organization (WTO) has gone beyond the scope of the system it replaced. The GATT 1994 agreement built on the existing GATT 1947 ...
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