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Book Description
Looking at the world today, one sees a breath-taking globalization of prosperity side-by-side with a depressing globalization of poverty. While bringing remarkable economic, technological, and democratic advances, globalization has increased poverty, hunger, health hazards, exclusion from technology, and disparities in human welfare. Developmental efforts need to be directed at those who have been left behind, reaching them at a local level. This volume considers three avenues for meeting this challenge--decentralization of government, renewed cooperation between the public and private sectors, and local level development. In specific case studies, the book looks at experiences with these avenues in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
About the Author
WALTER B. STOHR is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna, Austria. JOSEFA S. EDRALIN is Coordinator of the Human Security and Regional Development Project at the United Nations Centre for Regional Development in Nagoya, Japan. DEVYANI MANI is Senior Researcher at the United Nations Centre for Regional Development in Nagoya, Japan.
New Regional Development Paradigms: Volume 3, Decentralization, Governance, and the New Planning for Local-Level Development (Contributions in Economics and Economic History),Walter B. Stohr,Josefa S. Edralin,Devyani Mani,Greenwood Press,0313317674,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Developing countries,Development - Economic Development,General,Globalization,Regional planning,Sustainable development,Business & Economics / Economic Development,Development economics,International relations,Regional & Area Planning
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