'Financial Globalization and Work'

Contribution by Rolph van der Hoeven to UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report

The 30 year anniversary issue of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report: Trade and Development Report 1981-2011,Three Decades of Thinking Development.

The review traces the key issues relating to the global economy and development strategies that have been addressed in UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Reports (TDRs) over the past three decades. It also intends to show how ideas, opinions and proposals expressed in the TDR, and the analytical approaches used, differed from those of proponents of 'the mainstream' and how they evolved in response to new challenges arising from developments in the world economy.

Rolph van der Hoeven is Professor of Employment and Development Economics at ISS and member of the Internationa Advisory Council (AIV) of the Dutch Government. His work concentrates on issues of employment, inequality and economic reform.