During the last two decades, bilateral and multilateral donors' policy advice to developing countries has been centred on greater market openness and better integration into the global economy - a process that characterises globalization. This advice is of growing concern to many analysts as it subscribes to the problematic notion that as long as inequality is not increasing, economic progress through growth will reduce poverty.
This book provides a systematic analysis of the impact of globalization on poverty, paying particular attention to empirical evidence to try to establish directions and magnitudes of effect. The book features detailed case studies on Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana and Columbia.