Examines how the development policies used by successful late industrializers would fare under the current WTO regime.

Argues that the effects of financial liberalization on employment and incomes often carry disturb economic and social development and that financial liberalization warrants at least as much attention as trade liberalization. Compares and weighs the potential benefits in terms of growth against...

Reviews trends in global inequality (between countries and within countries) during the 1980s and 1990s and analyses changes in income concentration during the first wave of globalization, 1870-1912. Finds evidence which indicates that global inequality has risen during the past two decades and...

Argues that the global organization of production accounts for much of the expansion in trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) and that the functional integration of production activites in different locations has led to an intensification of global economic integration.

Examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers.

Critically looks at the impact of trade and capital market liberalisation on income distribution and employment. Reviews the theory of trade liberalisation. Discusses labour intensities in trading and non-trading sectors, examines problems encountered in the shift to a liberalised regime and...

Looks into the effects that rapid liberalization of economies has had on labour and capital worldwide.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper discussing trade liberalization trade policies capable of promoting the integration of developing countries into the international economic system - comments on shortcomings of economic development associated with import substitution; examines the need to combine...

According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries' growth would benefit from reductions in barriers to trade. However, the empirical basis for judging trade reforms is weak. Econometrics are mostly ad hoc, results are typically not judged against models, policies are poorly measured,...