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The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor

Transmission Mechanisms

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Machiko Nissanke

    1. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

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  2. Erik Thorbecke

    1. Cornell University, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy (SDEP)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview

      • Machiko Nissanke, Erik Thorbecke
      Pages 3-21

    3. Channels and Policy Debate in the Globalization-Inequality-Poverty Nexus

      • Machiko Nissanke, Erik Thorbecke
      Pages 22-55

  3. The Globalization Openness-Growth-Inequality Poverty Nexus and Channel

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalization

      • Almas Heshmati
      Pages 59-93

    3. Globalization and Poverty Trends across Regions: The Role of Variation in the Income and Inequality Elasticities of Poverty

      • Adriaan Kalwij, Arjan Verschoor
      Pages 94-117

    4. Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate

      • Martin Ravallion
      Pages 118-144

    5. Globalization and Rural Poverty

      • Pranab Bardhan
      Pages 145-162

    6. Globalization, Production and Poverty

      • Rhys Jenkins
      Pages 163-187

  4. Other Channels in the Globalization-Poverty Relationship: Technology, Vulnerability, Flow of Information, Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. The Role of Information in Technology Adoption under Poverty

      • Jinhua Zhao
      Pages 191-203

    3. Trade Openness and Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Pierluigi Montalbano, Alessandro Federici, Umberto Triulzi, Carlo Pietrobelli
      Pages 204-234

    4. Globalization, Poverty, Inequality and Insecurity: Some Insights from the Economics of Happiness

      • Carol Graham
      Pages 235-270

    5. Explaining Threshold Effects of Globalization on Poverty: An Institutional Perspective

      • Alice Sindzingre
      Pages 271-299

    6. Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: What Is the Relationship? What Can Be Done?

      • Kaushik Basu
      Pages 300-318

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 319-361
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About this book

This book examines the various channels and transmission mechanisms, such as greater openness to trade and foreign investment, economic growth, effects on income distribution, technology transfer and labour migration through which the process of globalization affects different dimensions of poverty in the developing world.

Reviews

'contains chapters by development economists analysing critically and rigorously how different manifestations of globalisation tend to influence poverty in the developing world.' - Oxfam Development Resource Review

'This book has raised a number of important lessons on transmission mechanisms that, together with other pieces of current research, will surely lead to a more concrete meaning of complementary policies and to a more fruitful use of the pro-poor prospect of increased globalization.' - Guido Porto, Journal of Economic Literature

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

    Machiko Nissanke

  • Cornell University, New York, USA

    Erik Thorbecke

About the editors

PRANAB BARDHAN Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA KAUSHIK BASU Professor of Economics, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Director, Comparative Economic Development Program, Cornell University, USA ALESSANDRO FEDERICI University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy CAROL GRAHAM Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA ALMAS HESHMATI Visiting Professor of Economics, Seoul National University, Korea RHYS JENKINS Professor of Economics, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK ADRIAAN KALWIJ Lecturer, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands PIERLIUIGI MONTALBANO Post-doc Research Fellow, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy CARLO PIETROBELLI Professor of Economics, University of Rome 3, Italy MARTIN RAVALLION Senior Advisor, Poverty and Inequality Programme, Research Department, the World Bank, USA ALICE SINDZINGRE Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK UMBERTO TRIULZI Full Professor of Economic Policy, University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and Scientific Director of IPALMO (Institute for the Relations between Italy and Africa, Latin America and Middle East), Italy ARJAN VERSCHOOR Lecturer in Economics, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK JINHUA ZHAO Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, USA

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