Globalisation and Poverty Channels and Policy Responses

• Main Authors: Bussolo, Maurizio, Round, Jeffery I. (Jeffery Ian)
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2006; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Studies in Globalisation
• Subjects: accounting; Armut; Asien; Ba Li; Bangladesh Economy; CGE Model; computable; Developing countries; Development economics and emerging economies; Development studies; Direct Labour Coefficients; Economic aspects; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Entwicklungsländer; equilibrium; Free trade; Free trade > Developing countries; Gdp Measure; General Entropy; Globalisierung; Globalization; Globalization > Economic aspects > Developing countries; Handelsliberalisierung; Ho Ld; Interdisciplinary studies; International economics; Labour Market Segments; liberalisation; matrix; Multi-market Models; Non-agricultural Capital; Nonagricultural Capital; Occupational Choice; Occupational Choice Model; Political Economy; Politics and government; Poor; Poor > Developing countries; Poverty; Poverty > Developing countries; PPP GDP; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; reforms; SAM; shocks; social; Society and Social Sciences; Standard CGE Model; Ta Te; Te Ch; trade; Trade Shocks; Transaction Costs; Occupational Choice; Ta Te; Nonagricultural Capital; Household Demand; Trade Shocks; Ho Ld; Non-agricultural Capital; Poverty Ratios; Heckscher Ohlin Model; Transaction Costs; Bangladesh Economy; Ca Li; Direct Labour Coefficients; Labour Market Segments; Gdp Measure; PPP GDP; General Entropy; Ba Li; B2B Electronic Commerce; Occupational Choice Model; Multi-market Models; Standard CGE Model; Te Ch; CGE Model; SAM
• ISBN: 0415343607; 9780415343602; 9780415479677; 0415479673; 1134289308; 9781134289356; 9781134289301; 1134289340; 9781134289349; 0203088336; 9780203088333; 1134289359
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203088333

The consequences of globalization for the world's poor are uncertain and fierce rhetoric is dividing its supporters and detractors. The channels of effect of essentially macroeconomic shocks on the microeconomic position of individuals and households in poor countries are many and various. This book addresses three core issues: 1) what are the main channels of effect? 2) what are the lessons to be learned from policy measures to alleviate negative poverty consequences? and 3) do the proposed analytical approaches assist in providing a monitoring capability? This volume assesses the more easily quantifiable effects resulting from price and quantity responses in the goods and labour markets. It includes studies of Colombia, Ghana, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Vietnam. It uses key analytical approaches, most of which are based on numerical simulation methods employing models with different levels of complexity. These models capture the features of an economy, how it functions, and how it might respond to globalization shocks. The most important collective contribution of the authors is their establishment of directions and magnitudes of effect, based on empirical evidence.