The world is experiencing a surge of international regulations aimed at limiting the development policy options of developing country governments. Of the three big agreements coming out of the Uruguay Round – on investment measures (TRIMS), trade in services (GATS), and intellectual property...

This leading international development scholar assesses the current conventional wisdom about globalization and liberalized markets. In a comprehensive analysis, he outlines what the proponents of neoliberal policies believe and then debunks those arguments one by one. He goes on to show how...