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by: Sabina Alkire, Robert L. Bach, Michele Anne Clark, William C. Clark, Nat J. Colletta, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Fen Osler Hampson, David L. Heymann, Sanjeev Khagram, Jenny Kimmis, Francie Lund, Vasant Narasimhan, Dana Firas Raad, Tony Vaux, Mark W. Zacher  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1 EAN: 9780674014541 ISBN: 0674014545 Label: Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University Manufacturer: Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: April 30, 2004 Publisher: Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University Studio: Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The decade of the 1990s witnessed enormous changes in the international environment. The Cold War conclusively ended. Biotechnology and communications technology made rapid advances. Barriers to international trade and investment declined. Taken together, these developments created many opportunities for peace and prosperity. At the same time, with the end of superpower domination, ethnically based intranational conflicts brought on widespread suffering. And while globalization expanded opportunity, growth, and incomes, it increased inequality of incomes and decreased human security. Moreover, as countries have become more closely linked, insecurity in one country has affected security in other countries. 
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