Citation:
Rodrik, Dani. 2001. “The Developing Countries' Hazardous Obsession with Global Integration”. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/y3zgkb5g
Abstract:
The new agenda of global integration is built on shaky empirical ground and is seriously distorting policy makers? priorities. Making compliance with it the first order of business diverts human resources, administrative capabilities, and political capital away from more urgent development priorities such as education, public health, industrial capacity, and social cohesion. It undermines nascent democratic institutions by removing the choice of development strategy from public debate. World markets are a source of technology and capital; it would be silly for the developing world not to exploit these opportunities. But globalization is not a short cut to development.