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Is Globalisation All it is Cracked Up to Be?

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posted on 2024-09-06, 06:29 authored by Raphael Kaplinsky
Summaries Globalisation has been associated with growing inequality within and between nations and with rising impoverishment in both the industrialised and developing world. This article argues that there is a causal link between these phenomena, one which is partly explained by the growing reserve army of labour which globalisation makes available for production. The significance of China's insertion into the global market lies not just in the size of its potential labour force, but also in the skills which this labour force possesses. Two scenarios are discussed: a world of growing openness resulting in the bidding down of global wages (even for skilled work), and the other of rising protectionism which protects incomes in the industrialised economies.

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Institute of Development Studies

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Kaplinsky, R. (1999) Is Globalisation All it is Cracked Up to Be?. IDS Bulletin 30(4): 106-116

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IDS Bulletin Vol. 30 Nos. 4

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© 1999 Institue of Development Studies

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