This text presents a broadranging assessment of the various developmentstrategies being pursued in the various major regions of the world. Its aim isto map new ... » 

This text presents a broadranging assessment of the various developmentstrategies being pursued in the various major regions of the world. Its aim isto map new patterns of development and inequality moving beyond outdateddistinctions between developing and developed areas. To this end it drawson approaches from international political economy to treat development as astrategy of orientation towards the global political economy which states ofall types must now pursue. «