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Informationen zum Autor Machiko Nissanke is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She previously worked at Birkbeck College, University College London and the University of Oxford, and was also Research Fellow of Nuffield College and the Overseas Development Institute. She has published numerous books and journal articles in financial and international economics, and has served many international organizations as advisor and coordinator of research programmes. Erik Thorbecke is the H.E. Babcock Professor of Economics Emeritus, Graduate School Professor and former Director of the Program on Comparative Economic Development at Cornell University. He has published extensively in the areas of economic and agricultural development, the measurement and analysis of poverty and malnutrition, the Social Accounting Matrix and general equilibrium modelling, and international economics. The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measure has been adopted almost universally by international organizations and researchers doing empirical work on poverty. Klappentext "A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER)."--T.p. Zusammenfassung This volume uses thirteen case studies to analyze the impact of economic globalization on poverty and inequality in different regions of the developing world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Overview 1: Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke: Comparative Analysis of the Globalization-Poverty Nexus in Asia, Latin America, and Africa 2: David Mayer-Foulkes: Globalization and the Human Development Trap 3: Alok Bhargava: Globalization, Literacy Levels, and Economic Development Part II Asia 4: Terutomo Ozawa: Asia's Labour-Driven Growth, Flying Geese Style: Types of Trade, FDI, and Institutions Matter for the Poor 5: N. R. Bhanumurthy and Arup Mitra: Globalization, Growth, and Poverty in India 6: Yujiro Hayami: Globalization and Rural Poverty: Perspectives from a Social Observatory in the Philippines 7: Yin Zhang and Guanghua Wan: Globalization and the Urban Poor in China Part III Latin America 8: Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Phillippe G. Leite, and Matthew Wai-Poi: Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil 9: Janice E. Perlman: Globalization and the Urban Poor 10: Alfred J. Field and Erica Field: Globalization, Crop Choice, and Property Rights in Rural Peru, 1994-2004 Part IV Africa 11: Jeffrey I. Round: Globalization, Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Africa: A Macroeconomic Perspective 12: Stefan Dercon: Globalization and Marginalization in Africa: Poverty, Risk, and Vulnerability in Rural Ethiopia 13: David E. Sahn and Stephen D. Younger: Inequality and Poverty in Africa in an Era of Globalization: Looking Beyond Income to Health and Education 14: Servaas van der Berg, Ronelle Burger, and Megan Louw: Post-Apartheid South Africa: Poverty and Distribution Trends in an Era of Globalization ...
