Globalization, Employment and Income Distribution in Developing Countries

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.

'...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

Autorentext
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

Inhalt
List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction; E.Lee & M.Vivarelli Morocco; L.Achy & K.Sekkat Ghana; E.Aryeetey Vietnam; P.T.Ha, P.L.Huong & N.T.K.Dzung Kazakhstan; K.Mynbaev, S.Eicher, S.Khakimzhanov & A.Islyami Nepal; P.P.Timilsina, M.D.Bhattarai & R.C.Bhattarai Index