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From the Local to the Global MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree ii 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0033 MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree iiii 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0055 From the Local to the Global Key Issues in Development Studies Second Edition Edited by GERARD McCANN and STEPHEN McCLOSKEY PLUTO PRESS www.plutobooks.com MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree iiiiii 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0055 First published 2003 Second edition published 2009 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 www.plutobooks.com Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 Copyright © Gerard McCann and Stephen McCloskey 2003, 2009 The right of the individual contributors to be identifi ed as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 2843 0 Hardback ISBN 978 0 7453 2842 3 Paperback Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data applied for This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. The paper may contain up to 70 per cent post-consumer waste. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services Ltd, Sidmouth, England Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton Printed and bound in the European Union by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree iivv 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0077 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Abbreviations viii PART I DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE AND DEFINITIONS 1. Introduction: Recasting Development in a Changing Global Economy 3 Stephen McCloskey 2. Measuring Human Development 22 Andy Storey 3. The Developing Globalisation of Justice: The International Criminal Court at the Crossroads 41 Paul Hainsworth PART II THE ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT 4. Perspectives on Aid: Analysing the System 69 Joanne McGarry 5. Is Trade an Agent of Development? 85 Denis O’Hearn 6. Illegitimate Debt: An ‘Unfashionable’ Financial Crisis 104 Nessa Ní Chasaide PART III DEVELOPMENT POLICY 7. Climate Change and Development: Will Growth End Poverty, or the Planet? 119 M. Satish Kumar MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree vv 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0077 vi FROM THE LOCAL TO THE GLOBAL 8. Europe, ‘Partnership’ and the Colonial Legacy 135 Gerard McCann 9. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Goal Too Far? 152 Chrispin R. Matenga 10. Gender and Development 171 Maeve Taylor PART IV HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 11. Voices of Popular Power in Latin America 193 Ronaldo Munck 12. Redefi ning Refuge: The Shifting Status of the Refugee 205 Anna Morvern 13. Understanding and Dealing with Child Labour: Problems and Prospects 218 Madeleine Leonard 14. Development Education as an Agent of Social Change: The Theory and Practice 237 Stephen McCloskey 15. Conclusion: Development in the Face of Neoliberal Economic Strategies 266 Gerard McCann Contributors 293 Index 296 MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree vvii 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0088 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A publication of this nature would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of our respective institutions, and the organisations that each of the contributors is associated with. We would like to thank the Centre for Global Education and St Mary’s University College for their full support and co- operation in the compilation of this text. We have benefi ted from the support of colleagues and access to invaluable resources in both institutions. We thank the various non-governmental organisations who have supported this research and provided both incentive and material. Without their work this type of endeavour would be impossible. We would also like to thank Roger van Zwanenberg and his team at Pluto Press for encouraging the idea of a second edition and managing the production of the text with great professionalism. The contributors to this text deserve our thanks for working to such diffi cult deadlines and delivering quality manuscripts. This made our role as editors much easier. Together with the contributors we relied on the support of a great many individuals who diligently and patiently went through various aspects of the text, offered specialist advice and gave us encouragement throughout. We thank all who have made this edition possible. Of course, as editors, we take full and ultimate responsibility for the content of this publication. Gerard McCann Stephen McCloskey August 2009 vii MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree vviiii 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0088 ABBREVIATIONS AAA Accra Agenda for Action ADB African Development Bank AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area AIDS Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome AMF Asian Monetary Fund AMICC American NGOs Coalition for the ICC APEC Asia-Pacifi c Economic Co-operation ARV AIDS-Associated Retrovirus ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AU African Union BME Black and Minority Ethnic organisations CAP Common Agricultural Policy CBI Confederation of British Industry CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CET Common External Tariff CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy CICC Coalition for an International Criminal Court CIT Countries in Transition CMI Chiang Mai Initiative COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CPA Country Programmable Aid CPD Continuing Professional Development CSO Civil Society Organisation CTT Currency Transaction Tax DAC Development Assistance Committee DAF Development Awareness Fund DAWN Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era DDCI Debt and Development Coalition Ireland DEA Development Education Association viii MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree vviiiiii 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0088 ABBREVIATIONS ix DEEEP Development Education Exchange in Europe Project DERC Development Education Research Centre DERN Development Education Research Network DFA Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) DfID Department for International Development (UK) DNGO Development Non-governmental Organisation DRC Democratic Republic of Congo EAC East African Co-operation EBA ‘Everything but Arms’ Initiative EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EC European Community (EEC, EU) EC European Commission ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECOWAS Economic Commission of West African States EDF European Development Fund EE Environmental Education EEC European Economic Community (EU, EC) ELI Export-Led Industrialisation EMU Economic and Monetary Union ENDD European Network on Debt and Development ERT European Round Table of Industrialists ESAF Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility ESD Education for Sustainable Development EU European Union EURODAD European Network on Debt and Development FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation FARC Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces FDI Foreign Direct Investment FfD Financing for Development FOCUS Focus on the Global South FSO Fund for Special Operations FTA Free Trade Agreement FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas G20 Group of Leading Financial Powers G8 Group of Leading Industrial Powers MMccCCaannnn 0000 pprree iixx 2222//66//0099 1133::1122::0088
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