Editor's summary -- Competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate Martin Ravallion -- Channels from globalization to inequality : productivity world versus factor world William Easterly -- Health in an age of globalization Angus Deaton -- Assessing the impact of globalization on...

While a number of emerging market crises were characterized by widespread contagion during the 1990s, more recent crises (notably, in Argentina) have been mostly contained within national borders. This has led some observers to wonder whether contagion might have become a feature of the past,...

Der Artikel analysiert die Weltwirtschaft sowie die internationalen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen.Dabei wirkt sich die Globalisierung der Wirtschaft unterschiedlich auf die verschiedenen Länder aus. Bei den westlichen Industrieländern hat man in den 80er Jahren einen wachsenden Trend zu...

Financial globalization has increased dramatically over the past three decades, particularly for advanced economies, while emerging market and developing countries experienced more moderate increases. Divergences across countries stem from different capital control regimes, and factors such as...