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plaisir de vous inviter à la présentation du livre :
"Globalization for Development"
de Ian Goldin (Vice-président de la Banque Mondiale) et Kenneth
Reinert
La présentation aura lieu le jeudi 6 avril 2006
de 11 h à 12 h 30 à l'AFD - 7, rue Roland Barthes - 75012
Paris
en salle Jacques Alliot
La présentation aura lieu en anglais
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Abstract
The post World War II period of accelerated global integration
has been associated with unprecedented progress on poverty
reduction. The absolute number of people living on less than $1
a day in the world has dropped, from 1.5 billion in 1981 to 1.1
billion in 2001. This is mainly because of countries adopting
better national policies and directing cross-border flows of
ideas, people, capital, and goods to meet the challenges faced
by their citizens.
Although progress has been steady and in some instances rather
dramatic, global imbalances in the distribution of income and
wealth remain huge, and the awareness of these imbalances grows
as information flows ever more quickly in tandem with
globalization.
With appropriate national and global policies, globalization can
be an important catalyst for alleviating global poverty. In the
absence of these policies, however, this catalyst role is
diminished. In a few particular instances, globalization without
corrective policies can exacerbate certain dimensions of poverty.
Trade without public investment, without safety nets, and
without access to developed-country markets diminishes or even
negates the gains for the poor. Volatile capital flows can cause
financial crises. Aid can be ineffective when governance is poor
or when donors have geopolitical motives. Migration can also
involve brain drain, which can harm developing countries and can
even harm global efficiency if the positive externalities
created by skilled workers are large and are higher in poor
countries than in rich ones.
What would it take to increase the benefits of globalization for
Development? In Globalization for Development, Ian Goldin and
Kenneth Reinert suggest that the answers lie in policies that
favor both the poor and the market. They argue that pro-poor and
pro-market policies allow for more equal market competition
among and within countries.
In trade, developed countries must follow through on their
commitments to give developing countries greater market access.
In aid, donor countries must scale up their assistance in ways
commensurate with the Millennium Development Goals, reinforcing
and accelerating the mild progress of the past few years. In
governance, developing countries must continue to move toward
greater accountability, transparency, and efficiency. And all
countries need to work together to address such disasters as
HIV/AIDS and climate change.
Ian Goldin, PH.D. (OXFORD UNIVERSITY), became a Vice President
at the World Bank in May 2003. Previously, he was the Director
of Development Policy at the World Bank. Prior to rejoining the
Bank in February 2001, Dr. Goldin spent five years as the Chief
Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of
Southern Africa (DBSA) where he led the Bank to become a
principal financier of infrastructure and small business
development in Southern Africa. Before this, he worked as a
Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) in London and as Head of the Trade,
Agriculture and Environment Program at the OECD Development
Center in Paris. Dr. Goldin has published 11 books and numerous
articles. His research and publications have focused on economic
policy, development, natural resources and the environment, and
trade. His better known books include:
The Economics of Sustainable Development,
Open Economies, Economic Reform and Agricultural Development
Trade Liberalization Global Economic Implications