Derivatives and Development : A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty

Name: Derivatives and Development
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9780230338920
Price: 8100 KES
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ISBN: 9780230338920

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0230338925

ISBN-13 9780230338920

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 27th, 2012

Print length 244 Pages

Weight 426 grams

Dimensions 22.10 x 14.20 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Development studies Development studies International relations International economics Development economics & emerging economies Development economics and emerging economies Political economy

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Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.

Derivatives and Development engages recent efforts to deploy derivatives as tools for economic development. Even as these complex financial instruments are indicted for their role in the global food and financial crises, they are elsewhere hailed as innovative solutions to poverty and insecurity in rural Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The critical analysis undertaken here reveals that derivatives leave much to be desired as development tools. Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.

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