Globalization, Poverty and Inequality Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Name: Globalization, Poverty and Inequality Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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ISBN: 9780745635545

ISBN-10: 0745635547

ISBN-13: 9780745635545

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Raphael Kaplinsky

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Globalization is characterised by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual - as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this belief and push developing countries ever deeper into the global economy.Globalization, Poverty and Inequality provides an alternative viewpoint. It argues that for many - particularly for those living in Latin America, Asia and Central Europe - poverty and globalization are relational. It is the very workings of the global system which condemn many to poverty. In particular the mobility of investment, and the large pool…

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List price: $31.25
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 3/12/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.02" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


A Guide to the Reader


Acknowledgements



Setting the Scene



Global Dynamics



Globalization and Poverty



Gaining from Globalization



Getting it Right: Generating and Appropriating Rents



Managing Innovation and Connecting to Final Markets



The Global Dispersion of Production - Three Key Sectors



Losing from Globalization



How Does it All Add Up? Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place



Does it All Add Up?



So What?


Notes


References


Index