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. …

economic crises. The second part is the empirical part about the impacts of the crises on economic growth, employment …, remittances and poverty in Indonesia. One important finding from this study is that the Indonesian economy was much more resilient … poverty increased significantly; whereas during the second one, Indonesia managed to keep a positive economic growth rate …

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 …

framework of employment-centered, poverty-reducing development.   … labor markets are segmented by gender and how any analysis of the impact of macroeconomic policies on growth, employment and … poverty reduction needs to be undertaken with this segmentation in mind. Specifically, Heintz addresses  how macroeconomic …

poverty reduction tool. It argues that while microfinance has developed some innovative management and business strategies …, its impact on poverty reduction remains in doubt. Microfinance, however, certainly plays an important role in providing … self-esteem. However, for any significant dent on poverty, the focus of public policy should be on growth-oriented and …

- 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 …