Helleiner

Toward a Better World

Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In his memoir, Towards a Better World, Helleiner recounts his profound trip to Africa, a trip that propelled him into a career devoted to the research, advice and teaching of economic development and the reduction of global poverty.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781487502218
• ISBN-10: 1487502214
• Artikelnr.: 49396282

Autorenporträt

Gerry Helleiner is a professor emeritus of Economics at the University of Toronto and Officer of the Order of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Glossary
Preface
Introduction and Overview
I. Beginnings
1. Early years
2. Undergraduate Life
3. The Yale Years
    Graduate Study in Economics
    Beginning a Career in Academic Economics
II. An International and Development Economist in Africa
4. Nigeria
5. Tanzania
6. Uganda
    The Commonwealth Post-Idi Amin Mission
    Missions with Museveni - 1986 and 1993
7. South Africa
8. AERC - Macroeconomic Background and Early Days
9. More African Capacity Building - ACBF
III. An International and Development Economist in International
Organisations
10. UN Activities: Satisfaction and Frustration
      UNCTAD
      UNICEF
      UN Secretary-General`s Task Forces
      Committee for Development Planning
      International Labour Organisation
11. Sonny Times at the Commonwealth Secretariat
      Guyana - Mission Impossible
    . Cool Relations with the IMF
13.Ambivalent Relations with the World Bank
14. Life with the G24
15. Interlude at IFPRI
16. Wilder with WIDER
IV. An International and Development Economist in Canada
17. IDRC - Again and Again
18. The North-South Institute - Present at the Creation (and Demise)
19. Trying to Influence Canadian Foreign Policy
20. Political Economy and Economics at the University of Toronto
V. Reflections on a Life in International and Development Economics
21. Intellectual Currents
22. Some Reflections for Others