Understanding Globalization, Employment and Poverty Reduction [Hardcover]

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.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

'[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

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