MACHIKO NISSANKE is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. She previously worked at Birkbeck College, University College London and the University of Oxford, and was also Research Fellow of Nuffield College and the Overseas Development Institute. She has published numerous books and journal articles in financial and international economics, and has served many international organizations as advisor and co-ordinator of research programmes. ERIK THORBECKE is the H.E. Babcock Professor of Economics Emeritus, Graduate School Professor

• PART 1: OVERVIEW Overview; M.Nissanke & E.Thorbecke Channels and Policy Debate in the Globalization-Inequality-Poverty Nexus; M.Nissanke & E.Thorbecke PART 2:THE GLOBALIZATION OPENNESS-GROWTH-INEQUALITY-POVERTY NEXUS AND CHANNEL The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalization; A.Heshmati Globalization and Poverty Trends across Regions: The Role of Variation in the Income and Inequality Elasticities of Poverty; A.Kalwij & A.Verschoor Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate; M.Ravallion Globalization and Rural Poverty; P.Bardhan Globalization, Production, and Poverty; R.Jenkins PART 3: OTHER CHANNELS IN THE GLOBALIZATION-POVERTY RELATIONSHIP: TECHNOLOGY, VULNERABILITY, FLOW OF INFORMATION, INSTITUTIONS The Role of Information in Technology Adoption under Poverty; J.Zhao Trade Openness and Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe; P.Montalbano, A.Federici, U.Triulzi & C.Pietrobelli Globalization, Poverty, Inequality, and Insecurity: Some Insights from the Economics of Happiness; C.Graham Explaining Threshold Effects of Globalization on Poverty: An Institutional Perspective; A.Sindzingre Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: What is the Relationship? What Can be Done? K.Basu

'contains chapters by development economists analysing critically and rigorously how different manifestations of globalisation tend to influence poverty in the developing world.' - Oxfam Development Resource Review 'This book has raised a number of important lessons on transmission mechanisms that, together with other pieces of current research, will surely lead to a more concrete meaning of complementary policies and to a more fruitful use of the pro-poor prospect of increased globalization.' - Guido Porto, Journal of Economic Literature