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Toward a better world = memoirs of a life in international and development economics /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Toward a better world/ Gerry Helleiner.
Reminder of title:	memoirs of a life in international and development economics /
Author:	Helleiner, Gerry.
Published:	Toronto :University of Toronto Press, : c2018.,
Description:	1 online resource (344 p.)
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Economists - Biography. - Canada -
Online resource:	https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487514891
ISBN:	9781487514891

Toward a better world = memoirs of a life in international and development economics /
Helleiner, Gerry.

Toward a better worldmemoirs of a life in international and development economics /[electronic resource] :Gerry Helleiner. - 1st ed. - Toronto :University of Toronto Press,c2018. - 1 online resource (344 p.)

Includes index.

Frontmatter --

Towards 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, Towards 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, Towards 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 Towards 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.

ISBN: 9781487514891

Standard No.: 10.3138/9781487514891doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

802327
Economists
--Canada--Biography.

LC Class. No.: HC800 / .H455 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 338.96

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