Globalisation and Human Rights

Contents 1. Globalization in India achievements and failures/Rudra Prakash Pradhan. 2. Employment policy in Japan and India some issues and concepts/Sibranjan Misra. 3. Self help groups a micro financial approach to poverty reduction and establishment of human rights for rural women/Samirendra Nath Dhar and Soumitra Sarkar. 4. Globalisation and higher education developing countries need a paradigm shift/Anil Bhuimali and Bhaskar Chaudhuri. 5. Energy and poverty in South Asia/Siddhartha Sarkar. 6. Contribution of Barada Bhusan and Ashalata Devi to the struggle for human rights in Indian subcontinent/Anita Bagchi. 7. Impact of globalisation on banking sector in India with special reference to regional rural banks/Abdul Hadi. 8. Determinants of poverty in Nepal a study of disadvantaged people/Dil Bahadur Rahut. The first wave of globalisation was perhaps witnessed in 1870 and it continued up to 1914. The profound influence in driving globalisation came from technological innovation which in fact led to an explosion of productivity and reduction in transportation costs. But the wave came to an end by World War I. The second wave brought about from 1945 to 1980. This continued reducing transportation cost further which effectively fostered increased trade. The latest wave of globalisation began in 1980 is something different. It is distinctive in the sense that a large number of developing nations entered into the world market for selling their manufacturing goods. At the same time some other developing nations became increasingly marginalised in the world economy. 172 pp.…