The Millennium Development goals: Back to the future?

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-43

  Ziai, Aram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 79951884284     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.543811     Document Type: Article

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54. This phrase refers to the tariff escalation practised by industrialised countries which charge higher tariffs for processed primary products, a measure directed against the consolidation of processing industries in the South.
55. Aid which is given on the condition of using it to purchase certain goods or services from enterprises of the donor country is referred to as 'tied aid'.