The Poor Under Globalization in Asia, Latin America, and Africa

by Erik Thorbecke and Machiko Nissanke

Globalization and poverty are two of the most pressing contemporary international development issues. Despite the enormous potential of globalization to accelerate economic growth and development, through greater integration into the world economy, the spread and transfer of technology, and
the transmission of knowledge, its impact on poverty reduction has been uneven and even marginal in some regions. Both the prevalence and depth of poverty in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199584753
• ISBN13: 9780199584758
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"