Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction-Globalization: One Path or Many? -- Part One: How Asia Got Rich -- 1. Corning Home -- 2. Flying Geese -- 3. Second Invasion -- 4. Tsunami -- 5. Crisis? What Crisis? -- 6. Miracle...

Globalization and its relation to poverty reduction and development are not well understood. This book explores the ways in which globalization can overcome poverty or make it worse. The book defines the big historical trends, identifies the main globalization processes - trade, finance, aid,...

Today, India is as near as the voice answering an 800 number for one dollar an hour, and China is as close as the nearest Wal-Mart. Not since the United States rose to prominence a century ago have we seen such tectonic shifts in global power; but India and China are vastly different nations,...