External liberalization, economic performance, and social policy

External liberalization, economic performance, and social policy / edited by Lance Taylor.

This text reports on a policy shift in transition and developing countries after the mid-1980s. Looking at the experiences of nine countries and the negative effects that liberalization has had on them, the book includes policy recommendations for problems and challenges posed by globalization.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Taylor, Lance, 1940-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Free trade > Developing countries.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Globalization > Social aspects > Developing countries.
International economic relations.
Free trade
Globalization > Economic aspects
Globalization > Social aspects
International economic relations
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Outcomes of external liberalization and policy implications / Lance Taylor
  • External liberalization, economic performance and social policy / Janine Berg and Lance Taylor
  • Argentina: balance-of-payments liberalization: effects on growth, employment and income / Roberto Frenkel and Martín González Rozada
  • Colombia: structural adjustment, macroeconomics and equity / Jos ̌Antonio Ocampo and Camilo Tovar
  • Cuba: external opening, labor market and inequality of labor incomes / Angela Ferriol Muruaga
  • India: globalization and its social discontents / Amitava Krishna Dutt and J. Mohan Rao
  • Mexico: trade and financial liberalization with volatile capital inflows: macroeconomic consequences and social impacts during the 1990s / Jaime Ros and Nora Claudia Lustig
  • Russia: globalization, structural shifts and inequality / Alexander Vorobyov and Stanislav Zhukov
  • South Korea: economic and social consequences of globalization / Jong-Il You and Ju-Ho Lee
  • Turkey: globalization, distribution and social policy, 1980-1998 / Korkut Boratav, A. Erinc Yeldan, Ahmet H. Köse
  • Zimbabwe: economic adjustment, income distribution and trade liberalization / Rob Davies and Jørn Rattsø.

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