Globalization, Growth and Marginalization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • A. S. Bhalla

   Pages 1-12

3. Globalization: Threat or Salvation?

   • Paul Streeten

   Pages 13-47

4. Information Technology, Globalization and Marginalization

   • Jeffrey James

   Pages 48-69

5. The Impact of Globalization and the Information Revolution on Latin America

   • Albert Berry

   Pages 70-102

6. The Impact of Globalization on South Asia

   • Azizur Rahman Khan

   Pages 103-124

7. Growth and Poverty in East and South-East Asia in the Era of Globalization

   • Azizur Rahman Khan

   Pages 125-148

8. The Impact of Globalization on Africa

   • S. M. Wangwe, Flora Musonda

   Pages 149-167

9. Regional Perspectives: An Overview

   • A. S. Bhalla, Albert Berry

   Pages 168-189

10. Directions for Future Research

    • A. S. Bhalla

    Pages 190-200

11. Back Matter

    Pages 201-224

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Globalization is defined in economic terms to mean freer flows of trade, foreign direct investment and finance, and liberalization of trade and investment policies. Impacts of globalization and information technology are examined in terms of growth and productivity, poverty and income distribution, and employment. Experiences of Africa, East and Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Latin America in the era of globalization are discussed. It is argued that benefits of freer trade and capital flows need to be managed carefully in order to minimise the costs and maximise gains.

• capital
• distribution
• East Asia
• foreign direct investment
• globalization
• growth
• income distribution
• information
• Information Technology (IT)
• investment
• liberalization
• Poverty
• productivity
• research
• trade

'A timely and highly impressive contribution to the subject. The book is particularly recommended for its important analysis of the role of technological factors in globalization and its excellent discussion of the impact of globalization on poverty and income distribution in developing countries.' - Professor Ajit Singh, Cambridge University and Senior Fellow, Queens College

• Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK

  A. S. Bhalla

• International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada

  A. S. Bhalla

ALBERT BERRY Professor of Economics and Director of the Latin American Programme, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto JEFFREY JAMES Professor of Development Economics and Director, Centre for Graduate Studies in Economics and Management, Tilburg University, The Netherlands AZIZUR RAHMAN KHAN Professor of Economics, University of California at Riverside FLORA MUSONDA Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania PAUL STREETEN Professor Emeritus of Economics, Boston University SAMUEL WANGWE Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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