Linking Globalization to Poverty
While the economic opportunities offered by globalization can be large, a question is often raised as to whether the actual distribution of gains is fair, in particular, whether the poor benefit less than proportionately from globalization and could under some circumstances be hurt by it. This Policy Brief summarizes and examines the various channels and transmission mechanisms, such as greater openness to trade and foreign investment, economic growth, effects on income distribution, technology transfer and labour migration, through which the process of globalization affects different dimensions of poverty in the developing world.
- Publisher:
- UNU-WIDER
- Series:
- UNU Policy Brief
- Volume:
- 02/2007
- Title:
- Linking Globalization to Poverty
- Authors:
- Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke
- Publication date:
- May 2007
- ISSN Web:
- 1814-8026
- ISBN 13 Print:
- 9789280830347
- ISBN 13 Web:
- 9789280830354
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU
- Copyright year:
- 2007
- Keywords:
- globalization, growth, inequality, poverty, pro-poor, distribution, labour mobility, capital, technology, vulnerability, institutions
- JEL:
- I32, F02
- Project:
- Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor
- Sponsor:
- The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
- Format:
- online and printed copies
- Licensed under the Creative Commons Deed "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5"