Background
Dervis, Kemal was born on January 10, 1949 in Istanbul, Turkey.
( The huge costs of armed conflict, the great challenge o...)
The huge costs of armed conflict, the great challenge of state failure, and the slow pace of international actions to address world poverty all point to weaknesses in the global institutional framework and the need for much more effective international cooperation. In this book, Kemal Dervis argues that it is time to build a new international governance structure, breaking away from a system that reflects the post World War II world toward one that is appropriate to the realities and requirements of the 21st century. He proposes a reform of the international institutional architecture based on high-level governance in both the political and economic domains by a renewed and modernized United Nations. Navigating between careful realism and bold idealism, he formulates a coherent vision encompassing both institutional reform and new ideas for policies supported by the specialized institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, the UN agencies themselves, and regional institutions such as the regional development banks. In this plea for "better" globalization, Dervis proposes that, under the legitimizing umbrella of the UN, the specialized institutions deal with the deep causes of the obstacles to poverty reduction and instability rather than their immediate manifestations. He recognizes the great potential that more and freer trade can have for accelerating growth throughout the world. He also stresses, however, that for this potential to be unleashed, the hearts and minds of people must be won by transforming not only the WTO framework but the entire governance of the international economic system into something that is perceived as more legitimate and more responsive to the concerns of the developing world as well as wealthy and creditor nations.
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economist politician international organization administrator
Dervis, Kemal was born on January 10, 1949 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Bachelor in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1969. Master in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1970. Doctor in Economics, Princeton University, 1973.
Member of the faculty, Department of Economics, Middle East Technology University, Ankara, Turkey. Professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, 1976-1978. Member of research department The World Bank, 1978-1982, division chief for industrial strategy and policy, 1982-1986, chief economist for Europe, Middle East and North Africa, 1986-1987, special operations reorganization task force, 1987, director of North Africa department, director Central Europe department, 1991-1996, regional vice president, Middle East and North Africa, 1996—2000.
Minister of Economic Affairs and Treasury of the Republic of Turkey, 2001—2002. Member of Parliament, Turkish Parliament, 2002—2005. Chair of the United Nations Development Group.
Administrator of the United Nations Development Program, 2005—2009. Visiting professor in international economics, Bilkent University, Ankara, 1994. In charge of World Bank's Bosnia Reconstruction Program, launched by President James D. Wolfensohn, 1995.
Member of International Task Force on Global Public Goods, Commission on Growth and Development, Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. Member of advisory committee of the Center of Economic and Foreign Policy Studies, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation.
( The huge costs of armed conflict, the great challenge o...)
Member: Board of Directors, Lemberg Program of Brandeis University.
Member of International Task Force on Global Public Goods, Commission on Growth and Development, Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. Member of advisory committee of the Center of Economic and Foreign Policy Studies, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation.