The Debate On Globalization Poverty And Inequality

Author : Martin Ravallion
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 32 pages
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Release : 2003
Category : Equality
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Debate on Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality by Martin Ravallion Pdf

In the last year or so, markedly different claims have been heard within the development community about just how much progress is being made against poverty and inequality in the current period of "globalization." Ravallion provides a nontechnical overview of the conceptual and methodological issues underlying these conflicting claims. He argues that the dramatically differing positions taken in this debate often stem from differences in the concepts and definitions used and differences in data sources and measurement assumptions. These differences are often hidden from view in the debate, but they need to be considered carefully if one is to properly interpret the evidence. The author argues that the best available evidence suggests that if the rate of progress against absolute poverty in the developing world in the 1990s is maintained, then the Millennium Development Goal of halving the 1990 aggregate poverty rate by 2015 will be achieved on time in the aggregate, though not in all regions. He concludes with some observations on the implications for the more policy-oriented debates on globalization and pro-poor growth.

Author : Ravallion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1404891927

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The Debate on Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality by Ravallion Pdf

Author : Martin Ravallion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1290704411

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The Debate on Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality by Martin Ravallion Pdf

In the last year or so, markedly different claims have been heard within the development community about just how much progress is being made against poverty and inequality in the current period of quot;globalization.quot; Ravallion provides a nontechnical overview of the conceptual and methodological issues underlying these conflicting claims. He argues that the dramatically differing positions taken in this debate often stem from differences in the concepts and definitions used and differences in data sources and measurement assumptions. These differences are often hidden from view in the debate, but they need to be considered carefully if one is to properly interpret the evidence. The author argues that the best available evidence suggests that if the rate of progress against absolute poverty in the developing world in the 1990s is maintained, then the Millennium Development Goal of halving the 1990 aggregate poverty rate by 2015 will be achieved on time in the aggregate, though not in all regions. He concludes with some observations on the implications for the more policy-oriented debates on globalization and pro-poor growth.This paper - a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to throw light on current development debates.

Author : Susan M. Collins,Carol L. Graham
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815797583

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Brookings Trade Forum: 2004 by Susan M. Collins,Carol L. Graham Pdf

This annual series provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Contents: GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate Martin Ravallion (World Bank) Channels from Globalization to Inequality: Productivity World versus Factor World William Easterly (New York University) Health in an Age of Globalization Angus Deaton (Princeton University) BROADER INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING Assessing the Impact of Globalization on Poverty and Inequality: A New Lens on an Old Puzzle Carol Graham (Brookings Institution) Poverty and the Organization of Political Violence: A Review and Some Conjectures Nicholas Sambanis (Yale University) IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION Trade, Inequality, and Poverty: What Do We Know? Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale University) and Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth College) The Impact of Globalization on the Poor Pranab Bardhan (University of California, Berkeley) LOOKING FORWARD Why Global Inequality Matters Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development) Some Speculation on Growth and Poverty over the Twenty-First Century Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University)

Author : Raphael Kaplinsky
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745635842

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Globalization, Poverty and Inequality by Raphael Kaplinsky Pdf

Globalization is characterised by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual – as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this belief and push developing countries ever deeper into the global economy. Globalization, Poverty and Inequality provides an alternative viewpoint. It argues that for many – particularly for those living in Latin America, Asia and Central Europe – poverty and globalization are relational. It is the very workings of the global system which condemn many to poverty. In particular the mobility of investment, and the large pool of increasingly skilled workers in China and other parts of Asia, are driving down global wages. This poses challenges for policy makers in firms and countries throughout the world. It also challenges the very sustainability of globalisation itself. Are we about to witness the implosion of globalisation, as occurred between 1913 and 1950? Using a variety of theoretical frameworks and drawing on a vast amount of original research, this book will be an invaluable resource for all students of globalization and its effects.

Author : Martin Ravallion
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : China
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate by Martin Ravallion Pdf

"There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect of 'globalization.' Ravallion views the issue through both 'macro' and 'micro' empirical lenses. The macro lens uses cross-country comparisons and aggregate time series data. The micro lens uses household-level data combined with structural modeling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. The author presents case studies for China and Morocco. Both the macro and micro approaches cast doubt on some wide generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro lens indicates considerable heterogeneity in the welfare impacts of trade openness, with both gainers and losers among the poor. The author identifies a number of covariates of the individual gains. The results point to the importance of combining trade reforms with well-designed social protection policies." -- Cover verso.

Author : Machiko Nissanke,Erik Thorbecke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Economic development
ISBN : OCLC:475538357

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Channels and Policy Debate in the Globalization-inequality-poverty Nexus by Machiko Nissanke,Erik Thorbecke Pdf

References: p. 28-35.

Author : David Dollar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality Since 1980 by David Dollar Pdf

One of the most contentious issues of globalization is the effect of global economic integration on inequality and poverty. This article documents five trends in the modern era of globalization, starting around 1980. The first trend is that growth rates in poor economies have accelerated and are higher than growth rates in rich countries for the first time in modern history. Developing countries per capita incomes grew more than 3.5 percent a year in the 1990s. Second, the number of extremely poor people in the world has declined significantly. The share of people in developing economies living on less than dollar 1 a day has been cut in half since 1981, though the decline in the share living on less than dollar 2 per day was much less dramatic. Third, global inequality has declined modestly, reversing a 200-year trend toward higher inequality. Fourth, within-country inequality in general is not growing, though it has risen in several populous countries (China, India, and the United States). Fifth, wage inequality is rising worldwide. This may seem to contradict the fourth trend, but it does not because there is no simple link between wage inequality and household income inequality. Furthermore, the trends toward faster growth and poverty reduction are strongest in developing economies that have integrated with the global economy most rapidly, which supports the view that integration has been a positive force for improving the lives of people in developing areas

Author : United Nations
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184277834X

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Flat World, Big Gaps by United Nations Pdf

This publication sets out an empirical analysis of the impact of economic liberalisation and globalisation on inequality, poverty and development, including recent trends in economic growth, income distribution and global inequalities, and the comparative experiences of countries that have pursued different economic policies.

Author : Veronika Minkova
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783656016533

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Discuss the impact of globalization on global poverty and inequality by Veronika Minkova Pdf

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, grade: 1,7, King`s College London, language: English, abstract: The period from the end of the World War II to the mid-1970s saw world-wide sustained and high economic growth. Within a generation Western European society was transformed from predominantly agrarian to post-industrial. Latin America, Asia and Africa also were heading towards higher growth rates. During the 1980s, a new period of integration of national economies led to the intensification of international economic interconnectedness and developing economies were expected to overcome the between-country income gap through openness-growth link. This was seen as the manifestation of neoliberalism as new forms of international economic relations emerged such as industrialisation and the new international division of labour. However, as recent studies point towards increasing world poverty and inequality, scholars have re-examined the validity of the neoliberal argument. After years of implementing prescribed reforms, some developing countries and regions, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, have not experienced the expected growth. Chapter 2 summarizes the implications of the policy-paradigm inspired by the Washington Consensus. Chapter 3 identifies current trends in global poverty and inequality with attention to the different measures used to interpret world economic well-being. The next chapter analyses the openness-growth-inequality-poverty nexus. The final chapter seeks to recognize causes of poverty and inequality transmitted by the globalization process. The factors of poverty and inequality path dependence are grouped in four categories: economic openness and technological progress; macroeconomic policies; financialisation of the economy; and international financial institutions.

Author : Richard Barichello,Arianto A. Patunru,Richard Schwindt
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0774865628

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Globalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality by Richard Barichello,Arianto A. Patunru,Richard Schwindt Pdf

Globalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality examines the relationship between globalization and trade liberalization, and poverty and income inequality, using Indonesia as a case study. Contributors examine how advances in coffee certification, treatments for visual disabilities, and property rights, among other factors, have had both meritorious and deleterious effects on the local population. Ultimately, they describe an ambiguous relationship between trade liberalization and inequality, both of which can increase or decrease in proportion to one another depending on region and sector. This empirically driven work provides a nuanced view of the trade-poverty relationship, contributing balanced testimony to policy debates being held internationally.

Author : Martin Ravallion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931679201

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Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate by Martin Ravallion Pdf

There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect of "globalization." The author views the issue through both "macro" and "micro" empirical lenses. The macro lens uses cross-country comparisons and aggregate time series data. The micro lens uses household-level data combined with structural modeling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. The author presents case studies for China and Morocco. Both the macro and micro approaches cast doubt on some wide generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro lens indicates considerable heterogeneity in the welfare impacts of trade openness, with both gainers and losers among the poor. The author identifies a number of covariates of the individual gains. The results point to the importance of combining trade reforms with well-designed social protection policies.

Author : Maurizio Bussolo,Jeffery I Round
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134289356

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Globalisation and Poverty by Maurizio Bussolo,Jeffery I Round Pdf

Introduction / Maurizio Bussolo and Jeffery Round -- The impact of structural reforms on poverty : a simple methodology with extensions / Neil McCulloch -- Trade liberalisation and poverty dynamics in Vietnam / Yoko Niimi, Puja Vasudeva-Dutta, and L. Alan Winters -- Globalisation and poverty : implications of South Asian experience for the wider debate / Jeffery Round and John Whalley -- Globalisation in developing countries : the role of transaction costs in explaining economic performance in India / Maurizio Bussolo and John Whalley -- Globalisation-poverty interactions in Bangladesh / Mustafa Mujeri and Bazlul Khondker -- Poverty and policy in a globalising economy : the case of Ghana / Maurizio Bussolo and Jeffery Round -- Trade liberalisation and poverty in Nepal : computable general equilibrium micro simulation analysis / John Cockburn -- Globalisation and poverty changes in Colombia / Maurizio Bussolo and Jann Lay.

Author : Ann Harrison
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226317943

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Globalization and Poverty by Ann Harrison Pdf

Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is because of—or in spite of—globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization’s perils and promises, economists have largely remained silent, in part because of an entrenched institutional divide between those who study poverty and those who study trade and finance. Globalization and Poverty bridges that gap, bringing together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalization on the poor in developing nations, answering such questions as: Do lower import tariffs improve the lives of the poor? Has increased financial integration led to more or less poverty? How have the poor fared during various currency crises? Does food aid hurt or help the poor? Poverty, the contributors show here, has been used as a popular and convenient catchphrase by parties on both sides of the globalization debate to further their respective arguments. Globalization and Poverty provides the more nuanced understanding necessary to move that debate beyond the slogans.

Author : Sudhir Anand,Paul Segal,Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Poverty
ISBN : 0191721336

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Debates on the Measurement of Global Poverty by Sudhir Anand,Paul Segal,Joseph E. Stiglitz Pdf

This volume brings together the most recent debates in the measurement of global poverty - a topic of the greatest importance if we are to develop effective strategies for poverty reduction and have any real sense of whether progress is being made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.