Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor

PRANAB BARDHAN Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USAKAUSHIK BASU Professor of Economics, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Director, Comparative Economic Development Program, Cornell University, USAALESSANDRO FEDERICI University of Rome 'La Sapienza', ItalyCAROL GRAHAM Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, USAALMAS HESHMATI Visiting Professor of Economics, Seoul National University, KoreaRHYS JENKINS Professor of Economics, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UKADRIAAN KALWIJ Lecturer, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsPIERLIUIGI MONTALBANO Post-doc Research Fellow, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', ItalyCARLO PIETROBELLI Professor of Economics, University of Rome 3, ItalyMARTIN RAVALLION Senior Advisor, Poverty and Inequality Programme, Research Department, the World Bank, USAALICE SINDZINGRE Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UKUMBERTO TRIULZI Full Professor of Economic Policy, University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and Scientific Director of IPALMO (Institute for the Relations between Italy and Africa, Latin America and Middle East), ItalyARJAN VERSCHOOR Lecturer in Economics, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UKJINHUA ZHAO Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, USA

'contains chapters by development economists analysing critically and rigorously how different manifestations of globalisation tend to influence poverty in the developing world.' - Oxfam Development Resource Review 'This book has raised a number of important lessons on transmission mechanisms that, together with other pieces of current research, will surely lead to a more concrete meaning of complementary policies and to a more fruitful use of the pro-poor prospect of increased globalization.' - Guido Porto, Journal of Economic Literature

• PART 1: OVERVIEW Overview; M.Nissanke & E.Thorbecke Channels and Policy Debate in the Globalization-Inequality-Poverty Nexus; M.Nissanke & E.Thorbecke PART 2:THE GLOBALIZATION OPENNESS-GROWTH-INEQUALITY-POVERTY NEXUS AND CHANNEL The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalization; A.Heshmati Globalization and Poverty Trends across Regions: The Role of Variation in the Income and Inequality Elasticities of Poverty; A.Kalwij & A.Verschoor Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate; M.Ravallion Globalization and Rural Poverty; P.Bardhan Globalization, Production, and Poverty; R.Jenkins PART 3: OTHER CHANNELS IN THE GLOBALIZATION-POVERTY RELATIONSHIP: TECHNOLOGY, VULNERABILITY, FLOW OF INFORMATION, INSTITUTIONS The Role of Information in Technology Adoption under Poverty; J.Zhao Trade Openness and Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe; P.Montalbano, A.Federici, U.Triulzi & C.Pietrobelli Globalization, Poverty, Inequality, and Insecurity: Some Insights from the Economics of Happiness; C.Graham Explaining Threshold Effects of Globalization on Poverty: An Institutional Perspective; A.Sindzingre Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: What is the Relationship? What Can be Done? K.Basu