Leonstein
08-10-2005, 02:12
This is primarily for those who discussed Globalisation and Free Trade on the "Questions for Free Trade Advocates"-Thread.
Interestingly, on the 21st I have to hand in a 3000 word article on Globalisation, Trade, Aid and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Stay tuned on that.
For the time being, I have three articles for you to read. I'm afraid it's a lot (and that's what I mean) of reading, and if you have puny download limits you should probably check how much you've got left.
Here's the first. It gives a very good overview of the central issues as far as globalisation is concerned, and lists some interesting numbers.
Stanley Fisher - Globalization and its Challenges (www.iie.com/fischer/pdf/fischer011903.pdf) (951KB)
This second is rather long (89 pages), but it is the single best analysis done on the effects of free trade on developing countries. It is absolutely required reading if you even remotely think you need to criticise Free Trade policies.
Wacziarg and Welch - Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence (http://www.stanford.edu/~wacziarg/downloads/integration.pdf) (1.17MB)
This final one investigates the relationship between aid and growth, and when aid is a good thing and when it isn't. Very interesting.
Burnside and Dollar - Aid, Policies and Growth (rru.worldbank.org/PapersLinks/Open.aspx?id=6195)
What do you think?
Interestingly, on the 21st I have to hand in a 3000 word article on Globalisation, Trade, Aid and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Stay tuned on that.
For the time being, I have three articles for you to read. I'm afraid it's a lot (and that's what I mean) of reading, and if you have puny download limits you should probably check how much you've got left.
Here's the first. It gives a very good overview of the central issues as far as globalisation is concerned, and lists some interesting numbers.
Stanley Fisher - Globalization and its Challenges (www.iie.com/fischer/pdf/fischer011903.pdf) (951KB)
This second is rather long (89 pages), but it is the single best analysis done on the effects of free trade on developing countries. It is absolutely required reading if you even remotely think you need to criticise Free Trade policies.
Wacziarg and Welch - Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence (http://www.stanford.edu/~wacziarg/downloads/integration.pdf) (1.17MB)
This final one investigates the relationship between aid and growth, and when aid is a good thing and when it isn't. Very interesting.
Burnside and Dollar - Aid, Policies and Growth (rru.worldbank.org/PapersLinks/Open.aspx?id=6195)
What do you think?