While Beneria admits that most of this is simply reiteration of previous books and papers, she takes this opportunity to introduce ideas that economists, or feminists, or social workers would know about their issues and share them with the others; however, remember this is written by an economist, so many conclusions from the other fields are drawn up in regards to economics. ... (Beneria 12) This includes what Beneria calls the Washington Consensus or the idea held by the American and British government that free trade is the single solution for all economic issues. ...

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Farms were given back to the farmers and they were now free to plan production, distribution, which lead to huge increases in productivity, surplus income and output. ... Also, these state enterprises inefficiency is also gradually contributing as bad loans on the books of China's banks and China's banks already have enough of these "loans". ...

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Whatever the specific components of this better life, development in all societies must have at least the following objectives. 1- To increase the availability and widen the distribution of basic life-sustaining goods such as food, shelter, health and protection. 2- To raise levels of living including in addition to higher incomes, the provision of more jobs, better education and greater attention to cultural and humanistic values, all of which will serve not only to enhance material well-being but also to generate greater individual and national self-esteem. 3- To expand the range of econ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate