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The battle against hunger
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Devi Lalita Sridhar |
"We live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food prices. A large majority of those affect… |
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Globalize it!
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Brendan January |
Surveys globalization through an examination of the groups that both support and protest this political and economic movement. |
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El Banco Mundial y la tierra
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Mônica Dias Martins |
"Articles analyzing the role of the World Bank in developing nations, with sections on agrarian reform and resistance in Brazil, land reform in Colombia, the peace accord and land in Guatemala, priva… |
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Reflective shadows
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Nagesh Prabhu |
"This book maps the World Bank's economic clout, administrative influence, and maneuvers through politics towards structural reforms of the Indian economy. It notes how the Bank was able to influence… |
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George Soros on Globalization
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George Soros,George Soros |
"Even before September 11, 2001, it was clear that not everyone was happy with globalization: violent protests have become a regular feature of international summit meetings, and many young people ha… |
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Foreclosing the future
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Bruce Rich |
"World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has vowed that his institution will fight poverty and climate change, a claim that World Bank presidents have made for two decades. But if worldwide protests and re… |
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Political economy of the World Bank
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Michele Alacevich |
From the Publisher: The Political Economy of the World Bank: The Early Years is a fascinating study of economic history. This text describes perhaps what is the most crucial time for development econ… |
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Confessions of an economic hit man
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John Perkins,Perkins, John,John Perkins,Perkins, John |
Sinhalese translation of a controversial book on the economic policies of U.S. government with respect to developing countries. |
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The World Bank
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Cheryl Payer |
"A careful analysis of the Bank's own policy papers and reports, which outlines its philosophy of development and the concrete effects of its projects."--Publisher description. |
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Beyond the World Bank Agenda
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Howard Stein |
Despite massive investment of money and research aimed at ameliorating third-world poverty, the development strategies of the international financial institutions over the past few decades have been … |
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The Water Gods
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Anna Paskal |
"Twenty-two-year-old Anna Paskal joins a trek into Nepal's Arun Valley, site of a proposed two billion dollar World Bank-funded dam. She is our guide to both the trip, and the controversy surrounding… |
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