CONTENTS List of Figures xi List of Tables xiv List of Abbreviations xvii List of Contributors xx I. Overview 1. Comparative Analysis of the Globalization-Poverty Nexus in Asia, Latin America, and Africa 3 Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke 2. Globalization and the Human Development Trap 39 David Mayer-Foulkes 3. Globalization, Literacy Levels, and Economic Development 68 Alok Bhargava II. Asia 4. Asia's Labour-driven Growth, Flying Geese Style: Types of Trade, FDL and Institutions Matter for the Poor 87 Tenttomo Ozawa 5. Globalization, Growth, and Poverty in India 116 N. R. Bhanumurthy and Arup Mitra 6. Globalization and Rural Poverty: Perspectives from a Social Observatory in the Philippines 146 Yujiro Hayami 7. Globalization and the Urban Poor in China 170 Yin Zhang and Guanghua Wa III. Latin America 8. Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil 199 Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Phillippe G. Leitef and Matthew Wai-Poi 9. Globalization and the Urban Poor 255 Janice E. Perlman 10. Globalization, Crop Choice, and Property Rights in Rural Peru, 1994-2004 284 Alfred J. Field and Erica Field IV. Africa 11. Globalization, Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Africa: A Macroeconomic Perspective 327 Reffery L. Round 12. Globalization and Marginalization in Africa: Poverty, Risk, and Vulnerability in Rural Ethiopia 368 Stefan Oercon 13. Inequality and Poverty in Africa in an Era of Globalization: Looking Beyond Income to Health and Education 398 David E. Sahn and Stephen D. Younger 14. Post-apartheid South Africa: Poverty and Distribution Trends in an Era of Globalization 431 Scrvaas van der Berg, RoneUe Burger, and Megcm Louw Index 459