relationship between economic and social globalization and absolute income poverty ex post. We use the globalization index … developed by Dreher (2006) and the World Bank poverty estimates. Using a fixed-effect panel based on five-year averages and … using a "long run" first difference regression, we find a robust negative correlation between globalization and poverty. We …

trends in world income inequality, it examines first the ‘growth’ conduit through which globalization affects poverty … is scrutinized, link by link. The paper then moves on to examine other channels in the globalization-poverty nexus that … channels and linkages through which globalization affects the poor. After introducing four different concepts used to measure …

This paper argues that both openness and poverty in a country are endogenously determined by the country’s long …

Vietnam's development performance since the early 1990s has been one of the strongest in the world, following the … integration into the world economy, with a diversified portfolio of exports and the attraction of direct foreign investment. This …

poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …

In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index …, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz … high growth rates do not moderate miserliness. Finally, considering the world as a single entity, we find a dramatic rise …

the causal relationships between income inequality, poverty and globalisation. Inequality is negatively correlated to … globalisation, and globalisation reduces poverty. …

poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …