This book is a major contribution exploring the policy options available
for developing and emerging economies in response to the global economic
crises. Written by a highly respected development economist, the book
gives a clear-eyed account of the issues particular to these countries
and critically evaluates different policy approaches, including reforms
in financial, monetary and trade policies. Informed by deep scholarship
as well as practical experience, Yilmaz Akyuz draws on empirical data,
historical context and theoretical expertise, with special attention
paid to issues such as the role of the International Monetary Fund and
China. The Financial Crisis and the Global South is a landmark book that
will be of interest to practitioners, scholars, theorists and students
of economics and development studies.