This paper examines the precise links between foreign direct investment (henceforth, FDI) and poverty alleviation … international borders, therefore FDI reduces poverty only under certain circumstances. “Roll out the red carpet for foreign … more FDI, exploit it more efficiently and reduce poverty. Empirical analysis using panel data of 62 countries, from 1996 to …

policies, but at the same time poverty and inequality have remained high or have increased. Prospects are not encouraging for …

to 1996, and the available estimations suggested that two thirds of the population was poor. This high level of poverty … macroeconomic policies, poverty would have been much lower than observed. …

employment creation nor the decrease in within-country inequality are automatically assured by increasing trade and FDI. The …In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI … other main findings of the paper are that: 1) the employment effect can be very diverse in different areas of the world …

benefits, measured interms of employment, investment and economic growth, falling povertyand enabling some nations to catch up …

- led Asian growth has revealed the role of FDI as a financial gravity for trade integration in the APEC region. Analyses of … the additions of trade complementarity and FDI flows as gravity variables of emerging significance, suggest that 1) APEC … the mid 1980s with reductions in trade distortions; and 4) inward FDI is a significant determinant of the direction of …

This study aims to investigate the role of economic growth and inflation in explaining the prevalence of poverty in … poverty, economic growth, inflation, investment and trade openness over the period of 1972-2008. Empirical results show that … economic growth and investment have negative and inflation has positive impact on poverty. The effect of trade openness on …

The struggle against poverty and social inequality is one of the biggest challenges for developing countries. These … make globalization work for poorer people. Most empirical studies on the relationship between trade, inequality and poverty … trade liberalization on poverty on a sample of 106 developing countries during the period 1980-2010. The results indicate …

growth rates and substantial poverty reduction, with the share of the population living in poverty declining from 67.9 to 57 ….1 percent. Poverty in urban areas was reduced faster than in rural areas, as most of the investment benefited the manufacturing …

, show that trade liberalization reduces poverty in Senegal, particularly in rural areas. While the fall in the relative …