Toward a better world : memoirs of a life in international and development economics
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Toward a better world : memoirs of a life in international and development economics
University of Toronto Press, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-308) and index
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Toward a Better World describes the life, times and perspectives of Gerry Helleiner, a Canadian activist and university-based economist, who worked for roughly 40 years with developing countries and international organizations. In his memoir, Toward a Better World, Helleiner, recounts the profound early experiences in Africa that propelled him into a rewarding career devoted to research, advice and teaching in international economics, economic development and global poverty reduction.
Describing himself as privileged, Toward a Better World recounts his early life as a young academic, having first landed in Africa in the 1960s for the purpose of research for Yale University. Detailing both successes and setbacks, frustrations and hopes, Helleiner, conveys his often difficult, yet transformative, experiences in Nigeria and Tanzania, missions in Uganda and South Africa, and witnesses the wavering efforts being made towards poverty alleviation in international organisations . Providing lively behind-the-scene accounts of multilateral economic meetings in the 1970s through the 1990s, Helleiner addresses his engagement with economic policymakers, his views often challenging common practice.
In Toward a Better World, Helleiner speaks to his early motivation as a young man in Africa, and his lifework as a practicing economist determined to make a positive effort in addressing global poverty.
Table of Contents
Glossary
Preface
Introduction and Overview
I. Beginnings
1. Early years
2. Undergraduate Life
3. The Yale Years
Graduate Study in Economics
Beginning a Career in Academic Economics
II. An International and Development Economist in Africa
4. Nigeria
5. Tanzania
6. Uganda
The Commonwealth Post-Idi Amin Mission
Missions with Museveni - 1986 and 1993
7. South Africa
8. AERC - Macroeconomic Background and Early Days
9. More African Capacity Building - ACBF
III. An International and Development Economist in International Organisations
10. UN Activities: Satisfaction and Frustration
UNCTAD
UNICEF
UN Secretary-General`s Task Forces
Committee for Development Planning
International Labour Organisation
11. Sonny Times at the Commonwealth Secretariat
Guyana - Mission Impossible
. Cool Relations with the IMF
13.Ambivalent Relations with the World Bank
14. Life with the G24
15. Interlude at IFPRI
16. Wilder with WIDER
IV. An International and Development Economist in Canada
17. IDRC - Again and Again
18. The North-South Institute - Present at the Creation (and Demise)
19. Trying to Influence Canadian Foreign Policy
20. Political Economy and Economics at the University of Toronto
V. Reflections on a Life in International and Development Economics
21. Intellectual Currents
22. Some Reflections for Others
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