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In his memoir,
Towards a Better World, Helleiner recounts his profound trip to Africa, a trip that propelled him into a career devoted to the research, advice and teaching of economic development and the reduction of global poverty.
List of contents
Glossary
Preface
Introduction and Overview
I. Beginnings
1. Early years
2. Undergraduate Life
3. The Yale Years
Graduate Study in Economics
Beginning a Career in Academic Economics
II. An International and Development Economist in Africa
4. Nigeria
5. Tanzania
6. Uganda
The Commonwealth Post-Idi Amin Mission
Missions with Museveni - 1986 and 1993
7. South Africa
8. AERC - Macroeconomic Background and Early Days
9. More African Capacity Building - ACBF
III. An International and Development Economist in International Organisations
10. UN Activities: Satisfaction and Frustration
UNCTAD
UNICEF
UN Secretary-General`s Task Forces
Committee for Development Planning
International Labour Organisation
11. Sonny Times at the Commonwealth Secretariat
Guyana - Mission Impossible
. Cool Relations with the IMF
13.Ambivalent Relations with the World Bank
14. Life with the G24
15. Interlude at IFPRI
16. Wilder with WIDER
IV. An International and Development Economist in Canada
17. IDRC - Again and Again
18. The North-South Institute - Present at the Creation (and Demise)
19. Trying to Influence Canadian Foreign Policy
20. Political Economy and Economics at the University of Toronto
V. Reflections on a Life in International and Development Economics
21. Intellectual Currents
22. Some Reflections for Others
About the author
By Gerry Helleiner
Summary
In his memoir, Towards a Better World, Helleiner recounts his profound trip to Africa, a trip that propelled him into a career devoted to the research, advice and teaching of economic development and the reduction of global poverty.
