Globalization and the Poor: Exploitation or Equalizer? (Idea Sourcebooks in Contemporary Controversies)

Table of Contents......Page 8
General Introduction......Page 10
Part 1: Questions and Criticisms......Page 16
Inequality Of World Incomes: What Should Be Done?......Page 19
Are Promises All We Can Offer?: Globalization, Poverty, Inequality, and Human Rights......Page 26
The Unremarkable Record Of Liberalized Trade......Page 33
Globalization: Implications for Africa......Page 47
Part 2: In Defense of Globalization......Page 60
The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st Century: Issues in the Debate......Page 62
Grinding the Poor......Page 71
The Cause Of Antiglobalists Is Wrong In The Aggregate......Page 84
Globalization and Developing Countries......Page 89
Part 3: The Role of International Institutions......Page 124
Foreign Policy in Focus: World Trade Organization......Page 127
IMF is a power unto itself......Page 136
WTO Report Card: An Exercise or Surrender of U.S. Sovereignty?......Page 141
World Bank and IMF Activities in Africa: Poverty Alleviation, Debt Relief and HIV/AIDS......Page 163
Part 4: The East Asia Crisis......Page 176
The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-99......Page 179
What I Learned At The World Economic Crisis......Page 196
The Asian Crisis: A View from the IMF......Page 207
The IMF's Role in Asia: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?......Page 220
Part 5: Source Readings......Page 230
Globalization with a Human Face: UNDP Human Development Report 1999......Page 231
Social Impacts of the Asian Crisis: Policy Challenges and Lessons......Page 242
Part 6: Important Terms......Page 270