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Informationen zum Autor Ernesto Zedillo is the Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; Professor in the Field of International Economics and Politics; and Professor Adjunct of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He was President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. Klappentext Erudite and topical, this well balanced treatment, with essays from world renowned contributors including the former President of Ireland - Mary Robinson, Jagdish Bhagwati and Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, considers the forces that propel globalization and those that resist it. Local and regional experiences from Bangladesh, China, India, Latin America and the Middle East are analyzed along with some of globalization's most potent risks. Giving voice to sophisticated and illustrative reasoning, The Future of Globalization offers useful insights into the extraordinary human achievement brought about by increasing international economic integration, interdependence and interconnectedness, and shows how this has been a powerful force for the progress of humankind. The contributors take stock of the debate on globalization and explore ways to make globalization more beneficial for individuals, communities and countries, as well as ways to reduce its insufficiencies and mitigate the risks it faces. This book will benefit all students of economics, political science and international relations, among others, and is useful to courses that focus on globalization and its impacts. Zusammenfassung Erudite and topical, this well-balanced treatment, with essays from world renowned contributors considers the forces that propel globalization and those that resist it; analyzing local and regional experiences from Bangladesh, China, India and Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Forces that Propel, Forces that Resist 1. Missing Ingredients of Globalization 2. Globalization with a Human Face 3. Africa and Globalization 4. Building Partnerships for an Inclusive Globalization 5. Globalization and the Future of Human Rights 6. The Future of Globalization: Lessons from Cancún and Recent Financial Crises Part 2: Trade, Growth and Inclusion 7. Investment Climate and International Integration in Asian Developing Economies 8. The Future of the Global Trading System: Doha Round and Beyond 9. Liberalization and Industrial Performance: Evidence from India and the UK 10. Openness and Poverty Reduction in the Short and Long Run 11. Does the Liberalization of Trade Advance Gender Equality in Schooling and Health? 12. Fooling Ourselves: Evaluating the Globalization and Growth Debate Part 3: Local and Regional Experiences 13. The Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization 14. Bangladesh: Development Outcomes and Challenges in the Context of Globalization 15. Combining Policies to Benefit from Globalization: The Case of China 16. Explorations in Light of Financial Turbulence from Asia to Argentina Part 4: Some of the Risks: Markets, Finance, Migration and the Environment 17. The Future of Global Financial Markets 18. Globalization and Exchange Rate Policy 19. The Future of Migration: Irresistible Forces Meet Immovable Ideas 20. Globalization and the Environment ...
