Trading Away Our Jobs
Author : War on Want
Publisher :
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 25,73 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Free trade and protection
ISBN :
Author : War on Want
Publisher :
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 25,73 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Free trade and protection
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Author : Graham Hobbs
Publisher :
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2009
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Author : Kate Raworth
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780855985233
Closely based on background studies commisiioned together with Oxfam's partners in 12 countries [acknowledgements].
Author : Edward Alden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1538109093
*Updated edition with a new foreword on the Trump administration's trade policy* The vast benefits promised by the supporters of globalization, and by their own government, have never materialized for many Americans. In Failure to Adjust Edward Alden provides a compelling history of the last four decades of US economic and trade policies that have left too many Americans unable to adapt to or compete in the current global marketplace. He tells the story of what went wrong and how to correct the course. Originally published on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Alden’s book captured the zeitgeist that would propel Donald J. Trump to the presidency. In a new introduction to the paperback edition, Alden addresses the economic challenges now facing the Trump administration, and warns that economic disruption will continue to be among the most pressing issues facing the United States. If the failure to adjust continues, Alden predicts, the political disruptions of the future will be larger still.
Author : Ann Harrison
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226318001
Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is because of—or in spite of—globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization’s perils and promises, economists have largely remained silent, in part because of an entrenched institutional divide between those who study poverty and those who study trade and finance. Globalization and Poverty bridges that gap, bringing together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalization on the poor in developing nations, answering such questions as: Do lower import tariffs improve the lives of the poor? Has increased financial integration led to more or less poverty? How have the poor fared during various currency crises? Does food aid hurt or help the poor? Poverty, the contributors show here, has been used as a popular and convenient catchphrase by parties on both sides of the globalization debate to further their respective arguments. Globalization and Poverty provides the more nuanced understanding necessary to move that debate beyond the slogans.
Author : Byron L. Dorgan
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 2006-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 031235522X
One of the most vocal Democrats in the Senate passionately argues that free trade is not free, and that outsourcing, offshoring, and greedy mega-corporations are destroying America's economy.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Balance of trade
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Author : Marion Jansen
Publisher : International Labor Office
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
An International Labor Office and European Commission publication Although the effect of trade on employment is a popular point of economic debate, there are very few factual assessments available. This book examines the most recent evidence and provides guidance for the design of tools to assess more accurately the employment impacts of trade. Trade and Employment argues for strengthening the micro-foundations of models used to evaluate the employment effects of trade and for including the informal economy and adjustment processes in modeling efforts. It emphasizes the role of governments in helping firms survive or grow, in providing social protection to protect against external shocks, in addressing gender equity, and in building physical infrastructure and human skills bases that facilitate export diversification. It is a valuable resource for all those interested in the debate on the employment effects of trade: workers and employers, academics and policymakers, and trade and labor specialists.
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Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2015
Category :
ISBN : 9789287042323
The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty looks at the complex relationships between economic growth, poverty reduction and trade, and examines the challenges that poor people face in benefiting from trade opportunities. Written jointly by the World Bank Group and the WTO, the publication examines how trade could make a greater contribution to ending poverty by increasing efforts to lower trade costs, improve the enabling environment, implement trade policy in conjunction with other areas of policy, better manage risks faced by the poor, and improve data used for policy-making.
Author : Marc Bacchetta
Publisher : World Trade Organization
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789287036919
World trade has expanded significantly in recent years, making a major contribution to global growth. Economic growth has not led to a corresponding improvement in working conditions and living standards for many workers. In developing countries, job creation has largely taken place in the informal economy, where around 60 per cent of workers are employed. Most of the workers in the informal economy have almost no job security, low incomes and no social protection, with limited opportunities to benefit from globalization. This study focuses on the relationship between trade And The growth of the informal economy in developing countries. Based on existing academic literature, complemented with new empirical research by the ILO And The WTO, The study discusses how trade reform affects different aspects of the informal economy. it also examines how high rates of informal employment diminish the scope for developing countries to translate trade openness into sustainable long-term growth. The report analyses how well-designed trade and decent-work friendly policies can complement each other so as to promote sustainable development and growing prosperity in developing countries.