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Do accelerating trade and foreign direct investment - experimented by most developing countries in the 1990s - imply a positive, negative, or neutral impact in terms of employment, income inequality and poverty alleviation? This book provides some empirically-tested answers to this question using an open-minded, unconventional economic approach and deriving original policy implications.
List of contents
PART I: THE FRAMEWORK Introduction; E.Lee & M.Vivarelli External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe and Brazil; L.Taylor Comments; R.Torres Globalization, Skill-Biased Technological Change and Labour Demand; E.Berman & S.Machin Comments; M.Vivarelli PART II: EMPLOYMENT The Employment Impact of Globalization in Developing Countries; S.Lall Comments; M.Piva The Developing Countries' Labour Demand in a Decade of Globalization: A Statistical Insight; J.B.Gros Comments; M.Piva Trade, FDI and Employment: Some Empirical Evidence; V.Spiezia Comments; S.Lall PART III: INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY Trade Liberalization, FDI and Income Inequality; G.A.Cornia Comments; S.Reddy Globalization, Skills and Within Country Income Inequality in Developing Countries; M.Vivarelli Comments; G.A.Cornia Does Globalization Reduce Poverty? Some Empirical Evidence for the Developing Countries; E.Santarelli & P.Figini Comments; L.Campiglio PART IV: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Globalization, Labour Markets and Social Outcomes in Developing Countries; S.Reddy The Social Impact of Globalization: The Scope for National Policies; A.Fosu International Strategy for Decent Work; J.Langmore Conclusions; E.Lee & M.Vivarelli
About the author
ELI BERMAN Boston University, USA
LUIGI CAMPIGLIO Catholic University of Milano, Italy
GIOVANNI ANDREA CORNIA Firenze University, Italy
PAOLO FIGINI Bologna University, Italy
AUGUSTIN FOSU African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi
JEAN BAPTISTE GROS International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland
SANJAYA LALL Oxford University, UK
JOHN LANGMORE International Labour Office, New York, USA
STEPHEN MACHIN University College, London, UK
GIORGIO BARBA NAVARETTI Milano University, Italy
MARIACRISTINA PIVA Catholic University of Piacenza, Italy
SANJAY REDDY Columbia University, New York, USA
ENRICO SANTARELLI Bologna University, Italy
VINCENZO SPIEZIA Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France
LANCE TAYLOR New School University, New York, USA
RAYMOND TORRES Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France
Summary
Do accelerating trade and foreign direct investment - experimented by most developing countries in the 1990s - imply a positive, negative, or neutral impact in terms of employment, income inequality and poverty alleviation? This book provides some empirically-tested answers to this question using an open-minded, unconventional economic approach and deriving original policy implications.
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'[T]his collection makes serious analytical progress and is an important contribution to the literature.' - Economic Issues
'A welcome study focusing on employment structure in developing countries.' - Hiroki Nogami, The Developing Economies
'Overall, this book presents an articulated analysis of a key topic...The goals and the logic fo the analysis are clearly stated and appear resonable...the volume represents a very useful tool for a wide audience.' - Matteo Cervellati, Rassegna Bibliografica
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'[T]his collection makes serious analytical progress and is an important contribution to the literature.' - Economic Issues
'A welcome study focusing on employment structure in developing countries.' - Hiroki Nogami, The Developing Economies
'Overall, this book presents an articulated analysis of a key topic...The goals and the logic fo the analysis are clearly stated and appear resonable...the volume represents a very useful tool for a wide audience.' - Matteo Cervellati, Rassegna Bibliografica
