This chapter concentrates on the development lessons for the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It discusses several characteristics that distinguish these countries from the other low-income countries and least developed countries and that affected their economic growth in the last two...

This chapter provides a general analysis of the impact of globalization on poverty, which shows how the changes in the 'identities' of the poor as an effect of different growth rates of different countries and subgroups within countries affect both the measure of global poverty and the measure of...

This chapter reviews the debate on the merits and demerits of globalization, i.e. whether globalization is good or not good for poor countries and poor people.

This book evaluates the policies of least developed countries (LDCs) and the decisions that they now face against the backdrop of the changes in the structure of the global economy and in the globalization process itself. It analyses possible scenarios and alternative trade and growth policies that ...