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DARK VICTORY
THE UNITED STATES AND GLOBAL POVERTY |
| By: |
Walden Bello |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0745314619 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780745314617 |
| Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
14 December, 1998 |
| Series: |
Transnational Institute |
| Pages: |
172 |
| Description: |
A fiercely critical study of Western aid |
| Synopsis: |
Hunger and malnutrition stalk the countries of the South. Over the last twenty years, as the populations of these countries have increased, so too has mass poverty on a grotesque scale. In this fiercely critical study of Western aid giving, Walden Bello offers a persuasive argument that recolonisation of the Third World has been carried out through the agencies of the International Banks.Bello argues that neoliberalism or doctrinal free-market ideology came to power in the United States with an agenda to `discipline the Third World' and the consequences of such a policy has resulted in lower barriers to imports, the removal of restrictions on foreign investments, privatisation of state owned activities, a reduction in social welfare spending, wage cuts and devaluation of local currencies. Recipients of `structural adjustment' loans from the West, have been forced to accept these polices, with disastrous consequences. Hailed as a classic study of global poverty, Dark Victory is now reissued with a substantial new epilogue by the author. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
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Non-returnable |
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