Globalisation and employment: working for the poor?: id21 insights, issue 47

Globalisation is one of the most controversial development issues of the day. ‘Globaphobes’ attribute most of the ills of the world to globalisation. The anti-globalisation movement has focused attention on the extent to which decisions affecting the lives of millions of the world’s poorest people are made in international fora – at which the poor have no voice. Globalisation is seen as marginalising a large part of the world’s
population and contributing to increased international inequality.

Articles included:

• Globalisation and manufacturing employment: Jenkins, R. and Kunal Sen, K.
• Cutting cloth to fit: Nadvi, K.
• Labour flexibility in African horticulture: Dolan, C. and Barrientos, S.
• The poverty impacts of female employment: Kabeer, N, Mahmud, S and Thi Van Anh, T
• Smallholder production: McCulloch, N., Ota, N. and John Humphrey, J.
• Restructuring and retrenchment: Thoburn, J.
• Foreign direct investment in Latin America: Willem te Velde, D.