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Title:

Globalization and poverty / edited by Ann Harrison.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xi , 661 p. : ill. , map , : 24 cm.

Subject:

Poverty.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
International trade.
Capital movements.
International economic relations.
Pauvreté.
Mondialisation.
Commerce international.
Mouvements de capitaux.
Relations économiques internationales.

Other Authors:

Harrison, Ann E.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Globalization and poverty: an introduction / Ann Harrison -- Why are the critics so convinced that globalization is bad for the poor? Emma Aisbett. Comment by Xavier Sala-i-Martin -- Stolper-Samuelson is dead: and other crimes of both theory and data / Donald R. Davis and Prachi Mishra -- Globalization, poverty, and all that: factor endowment versus productivity views / William Easterly. Comment by Aart Kraay -- Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? some empirical evidence / Barnko Milanovic and Lyn Squire. Comment by Douglas A. Irwin -- My policies or yours: does OECD support for agriculture increase poverty in developing countries? Margaret McMillan, Alix Peterson Zwane, and Nava Ashraf. Comment by Mitali Das -- The effects of the Colombian trade liberalization on urban poverty / Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik. Comment by Chang-Tai Hsieh -- Trade liberalization, poverty, and inequality: evidence from Indian districts / Petia Topalova. Comment by Robin Burgess -- Trade protection and industry wage structure in Poland / Chor-ching Goh and Beata S. Javorcik. Comment by Irene Brambilla -- Globalization and complementary policies: poverty impacts in rural Zambia / Jorge F. Balat and Guido G. Porto. Comment by Matthew J. Slaughter -- Globalization, labor income, and poverty in Mexico / Gordon H. Hanson. Comment by Esther Duflo -- Financial globalization, growth, and volatility in developing countries / Eswar S. Prasad, Kenneth Rogoff, Shang-Jin Wei, and M. Ayhan Kose. Comment by Susan M. Collins -- Household responses to the financial crisis in Indonesia: longitudinal evidence on poverty, resources, and well-being / Duncan Thomas and Elizabeth Frankenberg -- Does food aid harm the poor? household evidence from Ethiopia / James Levinsohn and Margaret McMillan. Comment by Rohini Pande -- Risk and the evolution of inequality in China in an era of globalization / Ethan Ligon. Comment by Shang-Jin Wei -- Globalization and the returns to speaking English in South Africa / James Levinsohn. Comment by Raquel Fernandez.

Series:

NBER conference report

ISBN:

0226317943 (cloth)
9780226317946 (cloth)
9780226317946 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226317943 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006044594

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)