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The discussions in this book offer an informative and compelling account of the recent changes in development and the main political and economic trends shaping the international environment. It focuses on the changing global scene and its impact on different dimensions of the development process - economic growth; commodity production and trade; resource management and human capital formation; labour markets and female employment; foreign investment; development assistance; and development studies. It also presents an analysis of the transformations in the former centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and presents case studies on selected African economies, Finland and the East Asian economies.
