Globalization for development : meeting new challenges / Ian Goldin and Kenneth A. Reinert.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012.Edition: New edDescription: xv, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780199645565
- 9780199645572
- 337 GOL
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-318) and index.
Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Background and context; 1.1 Globalization and global poverty; 1.2 Dimensions of poverty; 1.3 A historical view; 1.4 Modern globalization and global poverty; 1.5 Areas for action; 1.6 The purpose of this book; 2 Globalization and poverty; 2.1 The developing world; 2.2 Poverty; 2.3 Trade and foreign direct investment; 2.4 Capital, aid, and remittance flows; 2.5 Ideas; 2.6 The global commons; 2.7 Summary; Annex: Low- and middle-income countries, 2010; 3 Trade
Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development are not well understood. This book explores the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies the main globalization processes - trade, finance, aid, migration, and ideas - and examines how each can contribute to economic development. By considering what helps and what does not, the book presents policy recommendations to make globalization more effective as a vehicle for shared growth and poverty reduction. It will be of interest to students, research
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