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1 online resource (343 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction and Overview; Part I. Beginnings; 1 Early Years; 2 Undergraduate Life; 3 The Yale Years; Graduate Study in Economics; Beginning a Career in Academic Economics; Part II. An International and Development Economist in Africa; 4 Nigeria; 5 Tanzania; 6 Uganda; The Commonwealth Postâ#x80;#x93;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; Part III. An International and Development Economist in International Organizations |
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10 UN Activities: Satisfaction and FrustrationUNCTAD; UNICEF; UN Secretary-Generalâ#x80;#x99;s Task Forces; Committee for Development Planning; International Labour Organization; 11 Sonny Times at the Commonwealth Secretariat; Guyana: Mission Impossible; 12 Cool Relations with the IMF; 13 Ambivalent Relations with the World Bank; 14 Life with the G-24; 15 Interlude at IFPRI; 16 Wilder with WIDER; Part 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 |
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20 Political Economy and Economics at the University of TorontoPart V. Reflections on a Life in International and Development Economics; 21 Intellectual Currents; 22 Some Reflections for Others; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
In his memoir, Towards a Better World, Helleiner recounts his profound trip to Africa, a trip that propelled him into a career devoted to the research, advice and teaching of economic development and the reduction of global poverty |
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Print version record |
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Economic development -- Africa
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Economists -- Canada -- Biography
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Economic development
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Economists
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Africa
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Canada
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781487514891 |
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1487514891 |
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