Impact of Rich Countries' Policies on Poor Countries Towards a Level Playing Field in Development Cooperation

This volume addresses a curiously neglected area of policy analysisthe impact of rich countries policies on the global poor. Four-fifths of the worlds people subsist on one-fifth of the worlds income. One-fifth live in abject poverty, on less than one dollar a day. The main responsibility for reducing poverty reduction naturally rests with developing countries. But globaliation means that rich countries must also play their part. Industrialied countries dominate global environmental management through the heavy ecological footprint of their production and consumption patterns.Picciotto, Robert is the author of 'Impact of Rich Countries' Policies on Poor Countries Towards a Level Playing Field in Development Cooperation', published 2004 under ISBN 9780765802361 and ISBN 0765802368.