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Keywords
- Developing Countries
- employment
- globalization
- income distribution
- Nation
- poverty
About this book
This book examines the impact of globalization on employment, income distribution and poverty reduction in developing countries using the five country studies of Ghana, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Nepal and Vietnam, looking at the evidence for targeted economic and social policies both at national and international levels.
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'...this book is sure to be useful reading for economists who want to find a succinct, competent and well-informed discussion on the social consequences of globalization.' - Research Policy
About the authors
LAHCEN ACHY Professor of Economics, National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics, INSEA, Morocco
ERNEST ARYEETEY Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Ghana
RAM CHANDRA BHATTARAI Lecturer in Economics, Tribhuwan University, Nepal
MILAN DEV BHATTARAI Lecturer in Economic Analysis, National Integrated College, Nepal
NGUYEN THI KIM DZUNG Deputy Director, Department for Economic Institutions Studies, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Vietnam
SHARON EICHER Development Economist, Department of Business and Economics, Bethel College, USA
PHAN THANH HA Deputy Director, Department of Macro-Economy, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam
PHAM LAN HUONG Deputy Director, Department for Trade Policy and International Integration Studies, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam
AIDAN ISLYAMI Lecturer in Monetary and Financial Economics, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP), Kazakhstan
SABIT KHAKIMZHANOV Lecturer in Economics, Bilkent University, Turkey
KAIRAT MYNBAEV Fulbright Scholar, University of California at Riverside, USA
PARTHIBESHWAR PRASAD TIMILSINA Executive Chairman, National Integrated College, Nepal
KHALID SEKKAT Professor of Economics, University of Brussels, Belgium
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalization, Employment and Income Distribution in Developing Countries
Editors: E. Lee, M. Vivarelli
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00783-3Published: 04 August 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 253