Tuesday, October 5, 2010

[EQ] Perspectives on Global Development 2010: Shifting Wealth

Perspectives on Global Development 2010: Shifting Wealth

OECD Development Centre 2010

Website: http://bit.ly/a42W0l

“….Shifting Wealth examines the changing dynamics of the global economy over the last 20 years, and in particular the impact of the economic rise of large developing countries, such as China and India, on the poor. It details new patterns in assets and flows within the global economy and highlights the strengthening of “south-south” links – the increasing interactions between developing countries through trade, aid and foreign direct investment.

 

What do these changes imply for development and development policy?
The report explores potential policy responses at both national and international levels.
Nationally, developing countries' need to re-position their development strategies to capitalise on the increasing potential of south-south co-operation and to fully benefit from new macroeconomic drivers. Internationally, the global governance architecture needs to adjust to better reflect current economic weights…”

Summaries of the report

*       Perspectives on Global Development in 60 seconds - download the quick-read guide (also in French)

*       Multilingual summaries (English; French; Chinese; German; Portuguese; Spanish)

 Working Papers and Background Papers

 

*       DEV Working Paper 285: The emerging middle class in developing countries, Homi Kharas

*       DEV Working Paper 289South America for the Chinese? A trade-based analysis, Eliana Cardoso and Márcio Holland

*       PGD Background Paper: How China is influencing Africa's development, Martyn Davies

*       PGD Background Paper: Much Ado About Nothing?
                                                  Outward MNE activity from developing countries and its importance for home and host country,
                                                  Rajneesh Narula

*       PGD  Background Paper: Urbanization, hukou system and government land ownership:
                                                  effects on rural migrant workers and on rural and urban hukou residents, Yasheng Huang

*       PGD Background Paper: Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction under the Regime of ‘Shifting Wealth’:
                                                  The Global Evidence, Augustin Fosu

*       PGD Background Paper: Access to financial services in emerging powers: facts, obstacles and policy implications,
                                                 Liliana Rojas-Suarez


 

Other background papers:

*       PGD Background Paper: Shifting Economic Power, John Whalley


Articles

*       Does South Asia run the risk of rising inflation?

*       The 0.85 percent solution for low-income countries

*       Old habits, new donors

*       A tangled web by Amar Bhattacharya

 


 

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