Globalization for development : meeting new challenges /

Globalization for development : meeting new challenges / by Ian Goldin, Kenneth A. Reinert.

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, migrat...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Goldin, Ian, 1955-
Other Authors: Reinert, Kenneth A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:New ed.
Subjects:
Globalization > Economic aspects.
International economic relations.
Economic development.
International trade.
Economic assistance.
Poverty > Developing countries.
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Economic policy.
Poverty.
Developing countries.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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