This paper aims at developing an explicit ‘vertical’ dimension to chronic poverty research that focuses on ⠅

Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …

The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the … two are inter-connected. It discusses policy alternative policies to counter extreme poverty and inequality. The paper …

trends in world income inequality, it examines first the ‘growth’ conduit through which globalization affects poverty …The paper offers a critical literature review of the debate surrounding the globalization- poverty nexus, focusing on … channels and linkages through which globalization affects the poor. After introducing four different concepts used to measure …

This paper introduces two composite indices of globalization. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine … and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the level of globalization and show how … globalization has developed over time for different countries. The indices are composed of four components: economic integration …

and micro approaches cast doubt on some widely heard generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate …

considers the separate issue of the impact of globalization on poverty through quantifying explicitly the responsiveness of …The impact of globalization on global and local inequality is hotly debated in the recent literature. This study … poverty to aggregate changes in income distribution. We illustrate the quantitative importance of such an approach through …