This revised edition identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. It identifies main global flows and examines how each can contribute to undermine economic development. The book presents policy recommendations to make globalization more effective as a vehicle for shared growth and prosperity.
This revised edition identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. It identifies main global flows and examines how each can contribute to undermine economic development. The book presents policy recommendations to make globalization more effective as a vehicle for shared growth and prosperity.
IAN GOLDIN, PhD (Oxford University), is Director of the University of Oxford James Martin 21st Century School and a Professorial Fellow at Balliol College, University of Oxford. From 2003 to August 2006 he was Vice President at the World Bank. Previously, he was Director of Development Policy at the World Bank. Prior to rejoining the Bank in February 2001, Dr. Goldin spent five years as the Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). Before this, he worked as a Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London and as Head of the Trade Program at the OECD Development Center in Paris. Dr. Goldin has published 11 books and numerous articles. His research and publications have focused on economic policy, development, and trade. His better known books include: The Economics of Sustainable Development, Open Economies, and Trade Liberalization: Global Economic Implications. KENNETH A. REINERT is currently Associate Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, where he received a Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003. He has held the positions of Senior International Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission and Associate Professor of Economics at Kalamazoo College. Professor Reinert has published widely in the areas of international trade, economic development, and environmental policy. He co-edited Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A Handbook (Cambridge University Press, 1997), authored Windows on the World Economy: An Introduction to International Economics (South-Western Thomson, 2005), and is currently co-editing the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy.
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Foreword Preface Background and Context Globalization and Poverty Trade Capital Flows Foreign Aid Migration Ideas Towards a Policy Agenda
