Global Issues for Global Citizens An Introduction to Key Development Challenges

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ISBN: 9780821367315 | 0821367315
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Copyright: 8/28/2006

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What kind of future are we facing, and what kind of world will we leave for future generations? The increasingly interconnected nature of our world mandates that the members of the international community work together to address the diverse challenges posed to people around the globe.

FOREWORD by Paul Wolfowitz

xiii

PREFACE

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

xix

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xxv

ABBREVIATIONS

xxvii

1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ISSUES by Vinay Bhargava

(28)

Part One: The Global Economy

(136)

2 POVERTY AND INEQUALITY by Punam Chuhan

(20)

3 THE SEARCH FOR STABILITY IN AN INTEGRATED GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM by Stijn Claessens

(20)

4 DEVELOPMENT AID: KEY TO BALANCED GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT by Punam Chuhan and Vinay Bhargava

(20)

5 DEBT RELIEF, DEBT SUSTAINABILITY, AND GROWTH IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES by Sona Varma

(14)

6 GLOBALIZING WITH THEIR FEET: THE OPPORTUNITIES AND COSTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION by Ian Goldin

105

(18)

7 TRADE REFORM AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA by Kym Anderson and John D. Nash

123

(22)

8 THE CHALLENGE OF FOOD SECURITY: STRATEGIES TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION by Kevin Cleaver, Nwanze Okidegbe, and Erwin De Nys

145

(20)

Part Two: Human Development

165

(52)

9 DISEASES WITHOUT BORDERS: COPING WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE by Jayshree Balachander

167

(20)

10 SECURING THE FUTURE THROUGH EDUCATION: A TIDE TO LIFT ALL BOATS by Ruth Kagia

187

(14)

11 HUNGER, MALNUTRITION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT by Meera Shekar and Yi-Kyoung Lee

201

(16)

Part Three: Environment and Natual Resources

217

(108)

12 CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE by Ian Noble and Robert T. Watson

219

(26)

13 TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE by Jamal Saghir and Kyran O'Sullivan

245

(20)

14 CALMING GLOBAL WATERS: MANAGING A FINITE RESOURCE IN A GROWING WORLD by Claudia Sadoff, Karin Kemper, and David Grey

265

(20)

15 TOWARD SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE by Kieran Kelleher and Michael L. Weber

285

(20)

16 SUSTAINING THE WORLD'S FORESTS: MANAGING COMPETING DEMANDS FOR A VITAL RESOURCE by the World Bank Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Forests Team

305

(20)

Part Four: Global Governance

325

(110)

17 DEVELOPMENT IN THE CROSSFIRE: CONFLICT PREVENTION AND POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION by Kazuhide Kuroda

327

(14)

18 CURING THE CANCER OF CORRUPTION by Vinay Bhargava

341

(30)

19 THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEM: AN ORGANIZATION IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE by Oscar Avalle and Gaspard Curioni

371

(22)

20 THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL ISSUES by Vinay Bhargava

393

(18)

21 GLOBAL COMPACTS: BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL by Vinay Bhargava and Asli Gurkan

411

(24)

INDEX

435

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