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Transcending Neoliberalism through Pro-Poor and Democratic Economic Development Strategies

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Development Challenges and Solutions after the Arab Spring

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This chapter examines the pro-poor (democratic) macroeconomic policy framework, and the scope for its deployment as a progressive alternative to Washington Consensus-type (mainstream, or neoliberal) policies. Despite their regressive outcomes, these mainstream economic policies have been implemented consistently in most Arab and developing countries during the last 30 years; alarmingly, their hegemony has escaped virtually unscathed even the ravages of the ongoing global economic crisis. The chapter also contributes to the development of the literature on pro-poor policies through the integration of recent heterodox works in the areas of industrial and social policy and democratic economic policymaking.

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Saad-Filho, A. (2016). Transcending Neoliberalism through Pro-Poor and Democratic Economic Development Strategies. In: Kadri, A. (eds) Development Challenges and Solutions after the Arab Spring. Rethinking International Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137541406_5

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