Globalization & Development

Recommended Readings

• Ben-David, D., Nordstrom, H. & Winters, L. A. (1999). Trade, income disparity and poverty. Geneva: WTO Publications. (1.08 Mb pdf)
• Bhalla, A.S. (Ed.). (1998). Globalization, growth and marginalization. Ottawa: IDRC. (3.28 Mb pdf)
• Bissio, R. (Ed.). (2005). Advance social watch report 2005. Montevideo, Uruguay: Social Watch.
• Braga, C., Fink, C. & Sepulveda, C. (2000). Intellectual property rights and economic development. (World Bank Discussion Paper no. 412). (4.43 Mb pdf)
• Bruton, H. J. (1998). A reconsideration of import substitution. Journal of Economic Literature, 36(2), 903-936. (STFX only)
• Christiansen, K. & Hovland, K. (2003). The PRSP Initiative: Multilateral policy change and the role of research. (IDS Working Paper 216). (568K pdf)
• Cleaver, K. & Schreiber, G. (1992). Population, agriculture and the environment in Africa. Finance and Development, 29(2), 34-35. (STFX only)
• Debt Relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, IMF, (2008).
• Debt relief for poverty reduction: The role of the enhanced HIPC initiative, IMF & World Bank, (2001).
• Greene, J. (1989). The debt problem of sub-Saharan Africa. Finance & Development, 26(2), 9-12. (STFX only)
• Helleiner, G. K. (2000). Markets, politics and globalization: Can the global economy be civilized. (CIS Working Paper 2000-1) (69K pdf)
• Heller, P. (1988). Fund-supported adjustment programs and the poor. Finance & Development, 25(4), 2-6. (STFX only)
• Humphreys, C. & Jaeger, W. (1989). Africa's adjustment and growth. Finance & Development, 26(2), 6-8. (STFX only)
• Levinsohn, J. (2003). The World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper approach: Good marketing or good policy? (UNCTAD G-24 Discussion Paper 21). (402K pdf)
• Mead, D. & Morrison, C. (1996). The informal sector elephant. World Development, 24(10), 1611-1619. (STFX only)
• New Internationalist, no. 306, (1998).
• New Internationalist, no. 312, (1999).
• New Internationalist, no. 345, (2002).
• Nsouli, S. (1989). Structural adjustment in sub-Saharan Africa. Finance & Development, 26(3), 30-33. (STFX only) (1.44 Mb pdf)
• Portes, A. & Schauffler, R. (1993). Competing perspectives on the Latin American informal sector. (STFX only)
• Ribe, H. & Carvalho, S. (1990). Adjustment and the poor. Finance & Development, 27(3), 15-17. <(STFX only) (370K pdf)
• Rodrik, D. (1996). Understanding economic policy reform. Journal of Economic Literature, 34(1), 9-41.
• Roodman, D. M. (2001). Still waiting for the jubilee: Pragmatic solutions to the Third World debt crisis. (Worldwatch Paper 155).
• Sen, A. (2002). How to judge globalism. The American Prospect, 13(1).
• Serageldin, I. & Noel, M. (1990). Tracking the social dimensions of adjustment in Africa. Finance & Development, 27(3), 18-20. (STFX only) (341K pdf)
• Srinivasan, T. N. (2000). The Washington Consensus a decade late: Ideology and the art and science of policy advice. World Bank Research Observer, 15(2), 265-270. (STFX only) (359K pdf)
• Steer, A. (1992). The environment for development. Finance & Development, 29(2), 18-21. (STFX only)
• UNDP. Human development reports. (Various years)
• World Bank. World development reports. (Various years)
• World Bank. World tables. In the 'Type' dropdown box, select 'Tables', then 'Apply'.
• World Bank. (2007). World monitoring report 2007: Millennium development goals: confronting the challenges of gender equality and fragile states. Washington, DC: Author. (1.25 Mb pdf)

Websites of Interest

• Atlas of Global Inequality Database, includes World Bank Development Indicators to 2000.
• Bretton Woods Project, working to influence the World Bank and IMF.
• Centre for the Study of African Economies
  
• Focus on the Global South
• Global Policy Forum
• International Monetary Fund
• IRIS Center
• IUF, united food, farm and hotel workers worldwide.
• North-South Institute
• Oneworld.net
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Oxfam International - Trade
  
• PANOS - Communication for Sustainable Development
• Practical Action
• Social Watch
• Third World Institute
• Third World Network
• United Nations
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
• University of Iowa Center for International Finance & Development
• The World Bank
• World Trade Organization

Responses to Globalization

General

• New Internationalist online issues of a magazine that deals with globalization issues - very readable
• Third World Resurgence online issues of a similar magazine

Resistance and Awareness-Raising

• Bechtel vs. Bolivia, Bolivian communities fight against the Bechtel corporation.
• CorpWatch, article about Bolivia & Bechtel.
• Globalization: effects on indigenous people, Chioke, a project of the Third World Institute.

Reform

• G24 - Intergovernmental Group of 24 on International Monetary Affairs
• G77 - Group of 77
• Globalization and Labour Standards, articles on international labour standards, includes topics such as child labour, ILO, WTO, forced labour, trade, women's rights, etc.
• International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (New York).
• New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
• SAPRIN - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review / The Development GAP
• World Campaign for in-depth Reform of the System of International Institutions, launched by UBUNTU-World Forum of Civil Society Networks, it calls for a reform of international institutions such as the UN and Bretton Woods.

Alternatives

• GRAIN supports farmers in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.
• NGO Participation in the UN
• Third World Network Africa, variety of issues and initiatives related to globalization and its effect on developing countries.
• World Social Forum, brief summary and links.
• World Social Forum, homepage of WSF.
• Cyprus Youth Workshop, Youth workshop and schools working against child labour (Vermont, USA).
• Maquila Solidarity Network, (Toronto, Canada), network promoting fair conditions for factory workers in export zones in the Americas.
• Worldwatch Institute focuses on challenges of climate change, resource degradation, population growth, and poverty to develop strategies for achieving a sustainable society.
• UBUNTU-World Forum of Civil Society Networks
• Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, brings key stakeholders to integrate concepts of human rights, gender sensitivity and enhanced accountability into efforts to address global challenges and governance shortcomings.
• DAWN: Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
• International Criminal Court, was created in 1998 and is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes to the international community.
• KARAT Coalition, promoting gender equality in CEE and CIS (Warsaw, Poland).
• Fair Trade Federation promotes North American organizations committed to Fair Trade.
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a global network working for a world free of landmines and cluster munitions.