Overview

Do accelerating trade and foreign direct investment - experimented by most developing countries in the 1990s - imply a positive, negative, or neutral impact in terms of employment, income inequality and poverty alleviation? This book provides some empirically-tested answers to this question using an open-minded, unconventional economic approach and deriving original policy implications. ELI BERMAN Boston University, USA LUIGI CAMPIGLIO Catholic University of Milano, Italy GIOVANNI ANDREA CORNIA Firenze University, Italy PAOLO FIGINI Bologna University, Italy AUGUSTIN FOSU African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi JEAN BAPTISTE GROS International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland SANJAYA LALL Oxford University, UK JOHN LANGMORE International Labour Office, New York, USA STEPHEN MACHIN University College, London, UK GIORGIO BARBA NAVARETTI Milano University, Italy MARIACRISTINA PIVA Catholic University of Piacenza, Italy SANJAY REDDY Columbia University, New York, USA ENRICO SANTARELLI Bologna University, Italy VINCENZO SPIEZIA Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France LANCE TAYLOR New School University, New York, USA RAYMOND TORRES Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France

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Author:   E. Lee ,  M. Vivarelli
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2004 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781403941497

ISBN 10:   1403941491
Pages:   389
Publication Date:   04 October 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: THE FRAMEWORK Introduction; E.Lee & M.Vivarelli External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe and Brazil; L.Taylor Comments; R.Torres Globalization, Skill-Biased Technological Change and Labour Demand; E.Berman & S.Machin Comments; M.Vivarelli PART II: EMPLOYMENT The Employment Impact of Globalization in Developing Countries; S.Lall Comments; M.Piva The Developing Countries' Labour Demand in a Decade of Globalization: A Statistical Insight; J.B.Gros Comments; M.Piva Trade, FDI and Employment: Some Empirical Evidence; V.Spiezia Comments; S.Lall PART III: INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY Trade Liberalization, FDI and Income Inequality; G.A.Cornia Comments; S.Reddy Globalization, Skills and Within Country Income Inequality in Developing Countries; M.Vivarelli Comments; G.A.Cornia Does Globalization Reduce Poverty? Some Empirical Evidence for the Developing Countries; E.Santarelli & P.Figini Comments; L.Campiglio PART IV: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Globalization, Labour Markets and Social Outcomes in Developing Countries; S.Reddy The Social Impact of Globalization: The Scope for National Policies; A.Fosu International Strategy for Decent Work; J.Langmore Conclusions; E.Lee & M.Vivarelli

Reviews

'[T]his collection makes serious analytical progress and is an important contribution to the literature.' - Economic Issues 'A welcome study focusing on employment structure in developing countries.' - Hiroki Nogami, The Developing Economies 'Overall, this book presents an articulated analysis of a key topic...The goals and the logic fo the analysis are clearly stated and appear resonable...the volume represents a very useful tool for a wide audience.' - Matteo Cervellati, Rassegna Bibliografica

Author Information

Eddy Lee is Director of the International Policy Group at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland, He is author of The Asian Financial Crisis: The Challenge for Social Policy. Marco Vivarelli is Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Piacenza in Italy and Senior Research Economist at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland. He is author of the book The Economics of Technology and Employment as well as a number of articles which have been published in international journals.

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