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Globalization, Growth, and Poverty : Building an Inclusive World Economy

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-20T14:26:12Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-20T14:26:12Z
dc.date.issued 2002
dc.description.abstract Societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Integration is the result of reduced costs of transport, lower trade barriers, faster communication of ideas, rising capital flows, and intensifying pressures for mitigation. Integration--or "globalization"--has generated anxieties about rising ineuality, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. This report assesses its impact and examines these anxieties. Global integration is already a powerful force for poverty reduction, but it could be even more effective. Some, but not all of the anxieties are well-founded. Both global opportunities and global risks have outpaced global policy. The authors propose an agenda for action, both to enhance the potential of globalization to provide opportunities for poor people and to reduce and mitigate the risks it generates. This report presents three main findings that bear on current policy debates about globalization. First, poor countries with around 3 billion people have broken into the global market for manufactures and services; these "new globalizers" have experienced large-scale poverty reduction. The second finding concerns inclusion both across countries and within them; the authors highlight a range of measures that would help countries in danger of becoming marginalized become integrated with the world economy. A third issue concerns the anxiety that economic integration leads to cultural or institutional homogenization. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1683370/globalization-growth-poverty-building-inclusive-world-economy
dc.identifier.isbn 0-8213-5048-X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14051
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries A World Bank policy research report;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject GLOBALIZATION
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subject GLOBAL INTEGRATION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject TRADE POLICY
dc.subject CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject MIGRATION POLICY
dc.subject DOMESTIC POLICIES
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
dc.subject CULTURAL ISSUES
dc.subject INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject TERRORISM
dc.subject TIMBER TREES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS & TREATIES
dc.subject WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject RULE OF LAW
dc.subject LABOR COSTS
dc.subject WORKERS REMITTANCES
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject CULTURAL CONCERNS
dc.subject CULTURAL IDENTITY
dc.subject CULTURAL VALUES
dc.subject STANDARDIZATION
dc.subject SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject LABOR STANDARDS
dc.subject MARGINALIZATION
dc.subject TRADE POLICY REFORM
dc.subject AID PROGRAMS ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject CAPITAL ACCOUNT
dc.subject CAPITAL FLIGHT
dc.subject CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject CAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subject CASE STUDIES
dc.subject CHILD LABOR
dc.subject CITIZENS
dc.subject CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject CIVIL WAR
dc.subject CLOSED ECONOMIES
dc.subject COLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subject COLLEGE EDUCATION
dc.subject COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject CONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject DEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subject DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC CHANGE
dc.subject ECONOMIC EFFECTS
dc.subject ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject ECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject EDUCATED WORKERS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject EFFICIENT REGULATION
dc.subject EMISSIONS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject FINANCIAL CRISES
dc.subject FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject FOREIGN AID
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject GLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subject GLOBAL STANDARDS
dc.subject GLOBAL TRADE
dc.subject GNP
dc.subject GROWTH RATE
dc.subject GROWTH RATES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject IMPORT TARIFFS
dc.subject IMPORTS
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME GROUPS
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INCREASED INEQUALITY
dc.subject INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subject INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL MARKET
dc.subject INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject LABOR COSTS
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LENDING PRACTICES
dc.subject LIQUIDITY
dc.subject LOCAL CULTURE
dc.subject LONG RUN
dc.subject LOW INFLATION
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject MULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject NON- FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS
dc.subject OPEN ECONOMIES
dc.subject PER CAPITA GROWTH
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject POLICY DEBATES
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject POOR POLICIES
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCING
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject PROTECTION POLICIES
dc.subject PROTECTIONISM
dc.subject RAPID GROWTH
dc.subject REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES
dc.subject REDUCING INEQUALITY
dc.subject REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject RELATIVE WAGE
dc.subject RICH COUNTRIES
dc.subject RULE OF LAW
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL POOR
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject SOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject TERMS OF TRADE
dc.subject TIMBER
dc.subject TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject TRADE OPENNESS
dc.subject TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject TRADE POLICY
dc.subject TRADE SHOCKS
dc.subject TRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subject TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WEALTH
dc.subject WORLD INEQUALITY
dc.subject WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject WTO
dc.title Globalization, Growth, and Poverty : Building an Inclusive World Economy en
dc.title.alternative Mondialisation, developpement et pauvrete en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1683370/globalization-growth-poverty-building-inclusive-world-economy
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/0-8213-5048-X
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000094946_0202020411335
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 1683370
okr.identifier.report 23591
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/02/16/000094946_0202020411335/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf en
okr.peerreview Academic Peer Review
okr.theme Economic management :: Macroeconomic management
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Assessment
okr.topic Governance :: Governance Indicators
okr.unit Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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