span the whole spectrum between the World Economic Forum in Davos and the World Social Forum in Porto Allegro. Anti-globalization … movements are to be found almost everywhere around the globe both North and South. This indicates clearly that globalization has …, oppose it. We are not concerned here with public (popular) action related to globalization. Our interest is rather in the …

1998, after seven months of financial turmoil in East Asia, Alan Greenspan, the usually reticent Chairman of the US Federal …

process of financial globalization. Our central findings indicate that policies promoting financial sector development …, institutional quality, and trade openness appear to help developing countries derive the benefits of globalization. Similarly, sound … unavoidable inherent tensions in evaluating the risks and benefits associated with financial globalization. In the light of these …

and G7-led institutions' views and found substantial differences. From East Asia's and developing economies' perspective … institutions are unlikely to lead to solutions for the prevention of future crises. East Asia's and developing economies' concern …