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Globalization and poverty / edited by Ann Harrison.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: National Bureau of Economic Research conference reportPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007Description: xi, 661 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226317943
  • 9780226317946
Other title:
  • Globalisation and poverty
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.46 22
LOC classification:
  • HC79.P6 G664 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Globalization and poverty: an introduction / Ann Harrison -- Why are the critics so convinced that globalization is bad for the poor? Emma Aisbett. Comment by Xavier Sala-i-Martin -- Stolper-Samuelson is dead: and other crimes of both theory and data / Donald R. Davis and Prachi Mishra -- Globalization, poverty, and all that: factor endowment versus productivity views / William Easterly. Comment by Aart Kraay -- Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? some empirical evidence / Barnko Milanovic and Lyn Squire. Comment by Douglas A. Irwin -- My policies or yours: does OECD support for agriculture increase poverty in developing countries? Margaret McMillan, Alix Peterson Zwane, and Nava Ashraf. Comment by Mitali Das -- The effects of the Colombian trade liberalization on urban poverty / Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik. Comment by Chang-Tai Hsieh -- Trade liberalization, poverty, and inequality: evidence from Indian districts / Petia Topalova. Comment by Robin Burgess -- Trade protection and industry wage structure in Poland / Chor-ching Goh and Beata S. Javorcik. Comment by Irene Brambilla -- Globalization and complementary policies: poverty impacts in rural Zambia / Jorge F. Balat and Guido G. Porto. Comment by Matthew J. Slaughter -- Globalization, labor income, and poverty in Mexico / Gordon H. Hanson. Comment by Esther Duflo -- Financial globalization, growth, and volatility in developing countries / Eswar S. Prasad, Kenneth Rogoff, Shang-Jin Wei, and M. Ayhan Kose. Comment by Susan M. Collins -- Household responses to the financial crisis in Indonesia: longitudinal evidence on poverty, resources, and well-being / Duncan Thomas and Elizabeth Frankenberg -- Does food aid harm the poor? household evidence from Ethiopia / James Levinsohn and Margaret McMillan. Comment by Rohini Pande -- Risk and the evolution of inequality in China in an era of globalization / Ethan Ligon. Comment by Shang-Jin Wei -- Globalization and the returns to speaking English in South Africa / James Levinsohn. Comment by Raquel Fernandez.
Summary: 'Globalization and Poverty' brings together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalisation on the poor in developing nations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization and poverty: an introduction / Ann Harrison -- Why are the critics so convinced that globalization is bad for the poor? Emma Aisbett. Comment by Xavier Sala-i-Martin -- Stolper-Samuelson is dead: and other crimes of both theory and data / Donald R. Davis and Prachi Mishra -- Globalization, poverty, and all that: factor endowment versus productivity views / William Easterly. Comment by Aart Kraay -- Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? some empirical evidence / Barnko Milanovic and Lyn Squire. Comment by Douglas A. Irwin -- My policies or yours: does OECD support for agriculture increase poverty in developing countries? Margaret McMillan, Alix Peterson Zwane, and Nava Ashraf. Comment by Mitali Das -- The effects of the Colombian trade liberalization on urban poverty / Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik. Comment by Chang-Tai Hsieh -- Trade liberalization, poverty, and inequality: evidence from Indian districts / Petia Topalova. Comment by Robin Burgess -- Trade protection and industry wage structure in Poland / Chor-ching Goh and Beata S. Javorcik. Comment by Irene Brambilla -- Globalization and complementary policies: poverty impacts in rural Zambia / Jorge F. Balat and Guido G. Porto. Comment by Matthew J. Slaughter -- Globalization, labor income, and poverty in Mexico / Gordon H. Hanson. Comment by Esther Duflo -- Financial globalization, growth, and volatility in developing countries / Eswar S. Prasad, Kenneth Rogoff, Shang-Jin Wei, and M. Ayhan Kose. Comment by Susan M. Collins -- Household responses to the financial crisis in Indonesia: longitudinal evidence on poverty, resources, and well-being / Duncan Thomas and Elizabeth Frankenberg -- Does food aid harm the poor? household evidence from Ethiopia / James Levinsohn and Margaret McMillan. Comment by Rohini Pande -- Risk and the evolution of inequality in China in an era of globalization / Ethan Ligon. Comment by Shang-Jin Wei -- Globalization and the returns to speaking English in South Africa / James Levinsohn. Comment by Raquel Fernandez.

'Globalization and Poverty' brings together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalisation on the poor in developing nations.

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