Globalization for development : trade, finance, aid, migration, and policy / Ian Goldin, Kenneth Reinert.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Goldin, Ian, 1955-

Contributor:

Reinert, Kenneth A.

World Bank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

International trade.

Capital movements.

Economic assistance.

Emigration and immigration.

Economic policy.

Economic development.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Developing countries.

Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank ; Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2007]

Summary:

Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood. The revised and updated edition of Globalization for Development identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies main global flowstrade, finance, aid, migration, and ideasand examines how each can contribute to undermine 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 prosperity. It will be an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and anyone interested in international development issues and the effects of globalization in todays economy.

Contents:

Background and context

Globalization and poverty

Trade

Finance

Aid

Migration / with Andrew L. Beath

Ideas

Toward a policy agenda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.

ISBN:

9780821369296

0821369296

082136930X

9780821369302

9780821370308

0821370308

OCLC:

80360719