Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration and Policy - Softcover

Goldin, Ian; Reinert, Kenneth A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821362747 ISBN 13: 9780821362747

Publisher: World Bank, 2006

Synopsis

Addressing the wider public, Goldin (Director of Development Policy, World Bank) and Reinert (public policy, George Mason U.) seek to dispel what they see as misconceptions about the main dimensions of economic globalization and their impact on poverty and development, arguing that globalization can be managed so that its benefits are more widely shared and its negative impacts mitigated. They present individual chapters analyzing five economic dimensions of globalization: trade, finance, aid, migration, and ideas. For each, they examine the connections to such measures of poverty as income, health, education, empowerment, and working conditions. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

IAN A. GOLDIN assumed his current position as Vice President of External Affairs, United Nations Affairs, in May 2003. He provides leadership in the relationship between the Bank and the global community. Previously, he was the Director of Development Policy at the World Bank. Before joining the Bank, He spent five years as the Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of South Africa. Before this, he worked as a principal economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and at the World Bank as a senior economist in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Review

"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in globalization and development. It provides important new insights and perspectives...and advances the debate by identifying urgently needed policy changes for a more inclusive globalization." -- Joseph Stiglitz

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821362747
• ISBN 13: 9780821362747
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308