Does globalization help the poor?

The article finds that:

• the advocates of globalisation stress that those that oppose globalisation are hurting the poor by arresting the development of free trade and liberalisation
• economic globalisation is causing an acceleration in poverty and inequality
• economic globalisation makes things worse for the poor
• the ideologies and rules of economic globalization -- including free trade, deregulation, privatization, and structural adjustment -- have destroyed the livelihoods of millions of people, often leaving them homeless, landless and hungry, while removing their access to even the most basic public services
• isolated instances of improvement have been short-lived and benefits achieved have gone principally to the elite
• 'success stories' have usually not resulted from following IMF or World Bank dictates, but by often doing quite the opposite (i.e. import substitution)
• the policies of the Bretton Woods institutions are not designed to benefit them, but to benefit rich industrial countries and their global corporations
• globalizing institutions are fully aware of the impact they are having on the poor. Their goal is to acheive the free flow of global capital