For most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,“industrialized” and “rich” were
synonymous. Hence it is no surprise that development economists have long theorized …

Abstract When the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was signed by 23 nations in
1947, the goal was to establish a rules-based world trading system and to facilitate mutually …

There is an ongoing inquiry concerning the nature and role of globalization in terms of social
processes, economic development, culture and tourism, and last, but not least, as it relates …

Contemporary industrialization is the result of an integrated system of global trade and
production. Open international trade has encouraged nations to specialize in different …

For the first time since World War II, global output will drop (-1.7%); per capita income will fall
in more than 50 developing countries; net private capital flows will likely turn negative a …

For almost 200 years, globalization has been seen as a positive development, albeit with
costs and benefits, and as progress and modernization, a broadening of humanity's scope …

Among the major developments in the world economy in the last two decades has been the
globalization of production. Products which once had clear national identities tend …

Abstract At the 9th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Bali it was agreed to develop a work
program to conclude the long-running Doha round. This report argues that any work …

Global Production is the first book to provide a fully comprehensive overview of the
complicated issues facing multinational companies and their global sourcing strategies. Few …

In 2014, the McKinsey Global Institute proposed a new way of looking at globalization: by
measuring global flows of goods, services, finance, and people. In 2016, we returned to the …