Globalization and Poverty

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Acknowledgements

 

Globalization and Poverty: An Introduction
Ann Harrison

I. GLOBAL (CROSS-COUNTRY) ANALYSES

1. Why are the Critics so Convinced That Globalization is Bad for the Poor?
Emma Aisbett
Comment: Xavier Sala-i-Martin

2. Stolper-Samuelson Is Dead: And Other Crimes of Both Theory and Data
Donald R. Davis and Prachi Mishra

3. Globalization, Poverty, and All That: Factor Endowment versus Productivity Views
William Easterly
Comment: Aart Kraay

4. Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence
Branko Milanovic and Lyn Squire
Comment: Douglas A. Irwin

5. My Policies or Yours: Does OECD Support for Agriculture Increase Poverty in Developing Countries?
Margaret McMillan, Alix Peterson Zwane, and Nava Ashraf
Comment: Mitali Das

II. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES OF TRADE REFORM AND POVERTY

6. The Effects of the Columbian Trade Liberalization on Urban Poverty
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik
Comment: Chang-Tai Hsieh

7. Trade Liberalization, Poverty, and Inequality: Evidence from Indian Districts
Petia Topalova
Comment: Robin Burgess

8. Trade Protection and Industry Wage Structure in Poland
Chor-ching Goh and Beata S. Javorcik
Comment: Irene Brambilla

9. Globalization and Complementary Policies: Poverty Impacts in Rural Zambia
Jorge F. Balat and Guido G. Porto
Comment: Matthew J. Slaughter

10. Globalization, Labor Income, and Poverty in Mexico
Gordon H. Hanson
Comment: Esther Duflo

III. CAPITIAL FLOWS AND POVERTY OUTCOMES

11. Financial Globalization, Growth, and Volatility in Developing Countries
Eswar S. Prasad, Kenneth Rogoff, Shang-Jin Wei, and M. Ayhan Kose
Comment: Susan M. Collins

12. Household Responses to the Financial Crises in Indonesia: Longitudinal Evidence on Poverty, Resources, and Well-Being
Duncan Thomas and Elizabeth Frankenberg

13. Does Food Aid Harm the Poor? Household Evidence from Ethiopia
James Levinsohn and Margaret McMillan
Comment: Rohini Pande

IV. OTHER OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH GLOBALIZATION (RISKS, RETURNS TO SPEAKING ENGLISH)

14. Risk and the Evolution of Inequality in China in an Era of Globalization
Ethan Ligon
Comment: Shang-Jin Wei

15. Globalization and the Returns to Speaking English in South Africa
James Levinshon
Comment: Raquel Fernández

Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index