Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration and Policy (Trade and Development Series) - Hardcover

World Bank Group

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821370308 ISBN 13: 9780821370308

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2007

Synopsis

Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development is not well understood. The revised edition identifies the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies main global flows - trade, finance, aid, migration, and ideas - and examines how each can contribute to undermine economic development. By considering what helps and what does not, the book presents policy recommendations to make globalization more effective as a vehicle for shared growth and prosperity. It will an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and anyone interested in international development issues and the effects of globalization in today's economy.

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About the Author

IAN GOLDIN, PH.D., is Director of the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University. He was formally Vice President of the World Bank. Previously, he was the Director of Development Policy at the World Bank. Prior to rejoining the Bank in February 2001, Dr. Goldin spent five years as the Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). Before this, he worked as a Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London and as Head of the Trade Program at the OECD Development Center in Paris. Dr. Goldin has published 11 books and numerous articles. His research and publications have focused on economic policy, development, and trade. His better known books include: The Economics of Sustainable Development, Open Economies, and Trade Liberalization?Global Economic Implications. KENNETH A. REINERT is currently Associate Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, where he received a Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003. He has held the positions of Senior International Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission and Associate Professor of Economics at Kalamazoo College. Professor Reinert has published widely in the areas of international trade, economic development, and environmental policy. He co-edited Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A Handbook (Cambridge University Press, 1997), authored Windows on the World Economy: An Introduction to International Economics (South-Western Thomson, 2005), and is currently coediting the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821370308
• ISBN 13: 9780821370308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328