Consumption, Globalization and Development

Jeffrey James' books in this area include "Economics of New Technology in Developing Countries" (with Francis Stewart); "Technology, Institutions and Government Policies" (with S.Watanabe), "The State, Technology and Industrialization in Africa - The Transition to Egalitarian Development" (with Keith Griffin); and "Technological Systems and Development" (with Haider A. Khan).

This volume is concerned with the complexities of the relationship between globalization and different groups of consumers in developing countries. it may, but does not necessarily, displace local products and via the rapid recent expansion of the mass media, it offers policy-makers new opportunities to deal with acute social problems.This volume is concerned with the complexities of the relationship between globalization and different groups of consumers in developing countries. Globalization, it is argued, can yield frustration and disappointment as well as welfare gains for consumers; it may, but does not necessarily, displace local products and via the rapid recent expansion of the mass media, it offers policy-makers new opportunities to deal with acute social problems.