The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America, and Africa

Edited by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Uses thirteen case studies to illustrate the effects of globalization on poverty at both the macro and micro level in Asia, Latin America, and Africa
Aids understanding of the complex nature of the relationship between globalization and poverty
Provides a comparative analysis of the impact of globalization on the poor across the three continents
Discusses globalization in relation to trade and financial liberalization, international labour migration, and technology transfer

The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America, and Africa

Edited by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Description

Globalization and poverty are two of the most pressing contemporary international development issues. Despite the enormous potential of globalization to accelerate economic growth and development, through greater integration into the world economy, the spread and transfer of technology, and the transmission of knowledge, its impact on poverty reduction has been uneven and even marginal in some regions. Both the prevalence and depth of poverty in many parts of the developing world remain unacceptably high.

This volume presents thirteen studies selected from the three regional conferences organized under the auspices of UNU-WIDER. They illustrate the differential effects of globalization on growth, inequality, and poverty in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Distinct processes of institutional and socio-political change, as well as significant differences in initial conditions, such as natural resource endowment, the quantity and quality of human capital, institutional framework, and the quality of governance, have had diverse effects on the poor in these regions. Focusing on distinct manifestations of globalization and their affect on poverty, these case studies cover the spectrum from broad macroeconomic regional and country analyses to micro-oriented village studies in each of the three continents. This volume clearly illustrates that the impact of globalization on poverty is extremely context specific, reflecting the heterogeneous and complex nature of the globalization-poverty nexus.

The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America, and Africa

Edited by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Part I Overview
1. Comparative Analysis of the Globalization-Poverty Nexus in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke
2. Globalization and the Human Development Trap, David Mayer-Foulkes
3. Globalization, Literacy Levels, and Economic Development, Alok Bhargava
Part II Asia
4. Asia's Labour-Driven Growth, Flying Geese Style: Types of Trade, FDI, and Institutions Matter for the Poor, Terutomo Ozawa
5. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty in India, N. R. Bhanumurthy and Arup Mitra
6. Globalization and Rural Poverty: Perspectives from a Social Observatory in the Philippines, Yujiro Hayami
7. Globalization and the Urban Poor in China, Yin Zhang and Guanghua Wan
Part III Latin America
8. Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil, Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Phillippe G. Leite, and Matthew Wai-Poi
9. Globalization and the Urban Poor, Janice E. Perlman
10. Globalization, Crop Choice, and Property Rights in Rural Peru, 1994-2004, Alfred J. Field and Erica Field
Part IV Africa
11. Globalization, Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Africa: A Macroeconomic Perspective, Jeffrey I. Round
12. Globalization and Marginalization in Africa: Poverty, Risk, and Vulnerability in Rural Ethiopia, Stefan Dercon
13. Inequality and Poverty in Africa in an Era of Globalization: Looking Beyond Income to Health and Education, David E. Sahn and Stephen D. Younger
14. Post-Apartheid South Africa: Poverty and Distribution Trends in an Era of Globalization, Servaas van der Berg, Ronelle Burger, and Megan Louw

The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America, and Africa

Edited by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Author Information

Machiko Nissanke is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She previously worked at Birkbeck College, University College London and the University of Oxford, and was also Research Fellow of Nuffield College and the Overseas Development Institute. She has published numerous books and journal articles in financial and international economics, and has served many international organizations as advisor and coordinator of research programmes.

Erik Thorbecke is the H.E. Babcock Professor of Economics Emeritus, Graduate School Professor and former Director of the Program on Comparative Economic Development at Cornell University. He has published extensively in the areas of economic and agricultural development, the measurement and analysis of poverty and malnutrition, the Social Accounting Matrix and general equilibrium modeling, and international economics. The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measure has been adopted almost universally by international organizations and researchers doing empirical work on poverty.

Contributors:

Machiko Nissanke, SOAS, University of London
Erik Thorbecke, Cornell University
David Mayer-Foulkes, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas División de Economía
Alok Bhargava, University of Houston
Terutomo Ozawa, Colorado State University
N. R. Bhanumurthy,University Enclave, New Delhi
Arup Mitra, University Enclave, New Delhi
Yujiro Hayami, Advanced Studies on International Development, Tokyo
Yin Zhang, University of Dundee
Guanghua Wan, Asian Development Bank
Francisco H.G. Ferreira, World Bank
Phillippe G. Leite, World Bank
Matthew Wai-Poi, World Bank
Janice E. Perlman, President of The Mega-Cities Project, New York
Alfred J. Field, University of North Carolina
Erica Field, Harvard University
Jeffrey I. Round, University of Warwick
Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford
David E. Sahn, Cornell University
Stephen D. Younger, Cornell University
Servaas van der Berg, University of Stellenbosch
Ronelle Burger, University of Stellenbosch
Megan Louw, former Researcher, University of Stellenbosch