Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (60 pages)
Serie:
Finance and Development
Inhalt:
This issue of Finance and Development examines the good and bad sides of globalization. Sebastian Mallaby notes that after decades of increasing cross-border movements of capital, goods, and people, only migration continues apace. Capital flows have collapsed, and trade has stagnated. However, rather than a sign of retreat, trade and finance may be resetting to a more sustainable level consistent with continued globalization. IMF Chief Economist Maurice Obstfeld takes a closer look at trade. Ismaila Dieng profiles Leonard Wantchekon, a former activist who plans to train the next generation of African economists. Wantchekon, now a professor at Princeton University, is one of the few African economists teaching at a top US university. His research, which has received considerable attention from development economists, focuses on the political and historical roots of economic development in Africa
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Finance and Development, December 2016 Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021 ISBN 9781498360937
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5089/9781498360937.022
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