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Globalisation and Poverty: Channels and Policy Responses book cover

1st Edition

Globalisation and Poverty Channels and Policy Responses

Edited By Maurizio Bussolo, Jeffery I. Round Copyright 2006
250 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

The consequences of globalization for the world's poor are uncertain and fierce rhetoric is dividing its supporters and detractors. The channels of effect of essentially macroeconomic shocks on the microeconomic position of individuals and households in poor countries are many and various. This book addresses three core issues: 1) what are the main channels of effect? 2) what are the... Read more

Foreword - François Bourguignon Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, The World Bank  Introduction - Maurizio Bussolo and Jeffery Round  1. The Impact of Structural Reforms on Poverty: a simple methodology with extensions - Neil McCulloch  2. Trade Liberalisation and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam - Yoko Niimi, Puja Vasudeva-Dutta and L. Alan Winters  3. Globalisation and Poverty: Implications of South Asian Experience for the Wider Debate - Jeffery Round and John Whalley  4. Globalisation in Developing Countries: The Role of Transaction Costs in Explaining Economic Performance in India - Maurizio Bussolo and John Whalley  5. Globalisation-Poverty Interactions in Bangladesh - Bazlul Khondker and Mustafa Mujeri  6. Poverty and Policy in a Globalising Economy: the Case of Ghana - Maurizio Bussolo and Jeffery Round  7. Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in Nepal: Computable General Equilibrium Micro Simulation Analysis - John Cockburn  8. Globalisation and Poverty Changes in Colombia - Maurizio Bussolo and Jann Lay

 

Biography

Bussolo, Maurizio; Round, Jeffery I

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