The THIRD WORLD in the Third Millennium CE

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The THIRD WORLD in the Third Millennium CE

USD 18.00 Publisher: TWN
ISBN: 978-967-5412-83-7
Year: 2014
No. of pages: 368
Size of book: 14cm x 21.5cm
Author: Chakravarthi Raghavan

About the Book

The development path traversed by the countries of the Third World since emerging from the colonial era has been anything but smooth. Their efforts to attain effective economic sovereignty alongside political independence, even till the present day, face myriad obstacles thrown up on the global economic scene. This drive to improve the conditions of the developing world’s population has seen the countries of the South seek to forge cooperative links among themselves and engage with the North to restructure international relations on a more equitable basis – not always with success.

In this collection of contemporaneous articles written over a span of more than three decades, Chakravarthi Raghavan traces the course of dialogue, cooperation and confrontation on the global development front through the years. The respected journalist and longtime observer of international affairs brings his inimitable blend of reportage, critique and analysis to bear on such issues as South-South cooperation, corporate-led globalization, the international financial system, trade and the environment-development nexus. Together, these writings present a vivid picture of the Third World’s struggle, in the face of a less-than-conducive external environment, for a development rooted in equity and justice.

About the author

CHAKRAVARTHI RAGHAVAN, Editor Emeritius of the South-North Development Monitor (SUNS), is a veteran Indian journalist whose professional experience spans six-and-a-half decades, including nine years covering the United Nations in New York and, since 1978, in Geneva closely monitoring and analyzing activities and negotiations at UNCTAD, GATT and the WTO as also the UN specialized agencies. He was formerly at the Press Trust of India, including as its Editor-in-Chief (1971-76). He is the author of Recolonization: GATT, the Uruguay Round and the Third World; The New Issues and Developing Countries; The World Trade Organization and Its Dispute Settlement System: Tilting the Balance Against the South; and Developing Countries and Services Trade: Chasing a Black Cat in a Dark Room Blindfolded; as well as other papers and numerous articles on trade and development, finance and other issues. He was presented the Group of 77/UNDP award for TCDC/ECDC (Technical and Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries) for 1997.

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Part I: Overview

Setting the scene

Part II: South-South Cooperation

Towards collective self-reliance

Towards a new international economic order

The promises of Havana

The world crisis and the challenge for the non-aligned

Part III: Trade and Development

Jan Pronk: UNCTAD V, despite failure, will prove to be a milestone in global structural changes