"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their … competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through … multinational enterprises and international trade are important channels for domestic firms' innovation. They detect no evidence …

than half of all global growth, and the international monetary system will no longer be dominated by a single currency. As …

of 'globalization.' Ravallion views the issue through both 'macro' and 'micro' empirical lenses. The macro lens uses … micro approaches cast doubt on some wide generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro …

becoming more integrated. Although this international integration presents considerable opportunities for developing countries …, it also contains significant risks. Associated with international integration are concerns about increasing inequality …, shifting power, and cultural uniformity. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty focuses on globalisation in terms of growing …