Development and Globalisation: Daring to Think Differently

Table of Contents:
Foreword - Benjamin W. Mkapa, President of Tanzania 1995-2005 5 Part I: Imperatives of Paradigm Shift 16 1 Rethinking the Development Paradigm 17 Introduction 17 Neoliberal Obscurantism and Its Ill-fated Children 23 The Global Financial Meltdown and Lessons for the South 28 Time for a New Bretton Woods Conference 32 Ecuador's Proposal on the Financial Crisis 38 The Decoupling Imperative 44 Banco del Sur - Another Step Towards Decoupling 46 A New Geopolitical Double Paradox Stalks the World 48 The Non-Aligned Movement and the Collapse of the Doha Round 51 2 Restructuring Global Governance 55 Introduction 55 Good Governance, Colonial Guilt and Contemporary Challenges 61 The G8 Has No Legitimacy; It Should Dissolve Itself 64 UNCTAD XII: Negotiating Diplomatic Truths 68 Why Strengthening UNCTAD Is Also in the Interest of the North 71 South Expectations of the Development Cooperation Forum 75 A Case for Radical Reform of the World Trade Organisation 77 A Perspective on the American Presidential Elections 84 The Role of Civil Society in National Space 87 Part II: Some Specific Issues 90 3 Industrialisation, Technology, Innovation and Intellectual Property 91 Introduction 91 Putting Production over Trade and Finance 93 Rising to the Challenge of Innovation 98 WIPO, WCO, Intellectual Property and Border Guards 100 4 Climate, Energy and the Food Challenge 103 Introduction 103 Open Versus Closed Energy Systems and Climate Change 105 Bali Must Put Development Squarely on the Climate Change Regime 110 Why Is a Proper Analysis of the Current Food Crisis so Important 112 Global Food Crisis: Alternatives to the Green Revolution 118 5 Putting Trade into Perspective 123 Introduction 123 Some Home Truths About Current Negotiations on Agriculture at WTO 125 A Paradox of Trade and Development 128 EPAs Will Benefit Europe to the Cost of Both ACP and Latin American Countries 130 Reflections on UNCTAD XII 135 6 Ending Aid Dependence 139 Introduction 139 Development Dialogue with Donors 141 Ending Aid Dependence: Conceptual Traps of an Outdated Aid Vocabulary 144 Assessing the Accra Action Agenda 148 Beyond the Paris Declaration by Benjamin W. Mkapa, President of Tanzania (1995-2005) 152 7 The Palestine-Israel Question 154 Introduction 154 The Palestine-Israel Question 155 There Is Another Way Out of the Present Dilemma 159 Part III: Role of the South Centre: Recalling Nyerere 185 8 The South Centre, Its Promises and Challenges: Some Year End Reflections 186 9 The Role of the South Centre: Recalling Nyerere 191

About the Author :
Yash Tandon is a senior advisor and writer for the South Centre, Geneva, an intergovernmental think-tank of the developing countries of which he was also the former executive director. Professor Tandon's long career in national and international development spans time as a policymaker, a political activist, a professor and a public intellectual. He has written over 100 scholarly articles and has authored and edited books on wide-ranging subjects from African politics to peace and security, trade and the WTO, international economics, South-South cooperation and human rights.

Review :
'These essays promise to stand the test of time.' Benjamin W. Mkapa, President of Tanzania 1995-2005