This book is based on an exceptional event in December 2000 which brought together civil society from the poor countries and OECD experts. It emerges that globalisation can have a positive impact in poor countries, but only if policies encouraging a more equitable distribution of human and...

This publication is based on an exceptional event which brought together civil society from the poor countries and OECD experts. The first-hand expertise of civil society is a priceless asset for understanding the everyday effects of economic change

Cette publication fait suite à une manifestation exceptionnelle qui a réuni des représentants de la société civile venant de pays pauvres et des experts de l'OCDE en Décembre 2000. Il ressort de cet ouvrage que la mondialisation peut avoir un impact positif sur les pays pauvres, à...

In the three decades to the recent economic downturn, wage gaps widened and household income inequality as measured by GINI increased in a large majority of OECD countries. This occurred even when countries were going through a period of sustained economic and employment growth. This report...