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Development in the Time of Globalization
Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998Paper examines grounds on which a "second opinion" to the Washington Consensus may be constructed using data for a sample of 123 rich and poor nations for the period from 1960 to 1995. The historical record makes abundantly clear that international inequality has increased not only over the long haul of the past two centuries but also in recent decades.DocumentGender Implications of Globalization: With specific reference to the Asian Financial Crisis
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1998DocumentModelling the Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Women, at Work and at Home: IDS research proposal
Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998Researching the uneven impact of globalisation (mainly trade) on women and men in developing countries. It aims to construct and apply models to analyse the effects of trade liberalisation on the monetary economy, the household economy and the interactions between them.DocumentThe WTO and Civil Society
Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 1998In line with a general trend in contemporary global governance, the World Trade Organization has been developing increased links with civil society groups. If conducted well, these contacts can make important contributions towards greater effectiveness and democracy in the global trade regime. If handled poorly, however, the relations can undermine policy and undercut democracy.DocumentBridging the gap?: the parallel universes of the non-profit and non-governmental organisation research traditions and the changing context of voluntary action
Centre for Civil Society, LSE, 1998Makes a set of general observations about international third sector research and argues that there are currently two 'parallel universes' of literature.DocumentEngendered Development in a Global Age?
Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 1998Theoretical review of issues of gender and globalisationDocumentGlobalisation and liberalisation: Implications for poverty, distribution and inequality
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1997Globalisation - or, more accurately, the deepening of economic integration between countries - has contributed enormously to the creation of wealth in some developing countries. The average income gap between south-east Asia and the industrialised world is continuing to narrow, albeit from extremely wide levels, with export growth driving economic expansion.DocumentPromises to the Poor: the Record of European Development Agencies
Overseas Development Institute, 1998All the European development cooperation agencies subscribe to the international goal of reducing poverty by one half by 2015 but they have different strategies for achieving it.DocumentCrises in Asia or crisis of globalisation?
Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 1998The crises in Southeast and East Asia have started a new round of debate on the benefits and disadvantages of globalisation. We have to ask whether the crises in Asia were the result of failures in national economic policy or whether they were the consequence of ill-constructed global financial markets.DocumentGlobalization, Uneven Development and Poverty: Recent Trends and Policy Implications
Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998Paper outlines recent trends in economic growth, income distribution and poverty in the context of globalization.Pages