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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
ECONOMIC REFORM
Economic globalization produces myriad and often highly divergent effects around the world. One of the most important issues it raises is the question of inequality—whether globalization and market reform processes are contributing to growing inequality around the world. This project, under the leadership of Nancy Birdsall, examines the causes and consequences of inequality across and within countries, and what strategies are available to offset and manage it. The principal focus is on relations between developed and developing countries, with an emphasis on the implications for global governance and global policy in an increasingly interdependent international system.
Recent Publications on Inequality:
"Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America: Deeper Markets and Better Schools Make a Difference," by Jere R. Behrman, Nancy Birdsall, and Miguel Székely. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Working Paper. No. 3, July 1999.
Recent Speeches on Inequality:
"Putting Education to Work in Latin America," Remarks made by Nancy Birdsall at the 1999 Business Week Americas Summit, Bal Harbour, FL, March 24-26, 1999.
"Globalization and the Developing Countries: The Inequality Risk," Remarks made by Nancy Birdsall at the Overseas Development Council seminar "Making Globalization Work," International Trade Center, Washington, DC, March 18, 1999.
"Investing in Children: The Role of the State in Unequal Societies," Remarks made by Nancy Birdsall at the Inter-American Development Bank seminar on Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Investing in Early Childhood, Paris, France, March 14, 1999.
"Can Social Policies Reduce Income Disparities?" Remarks made by Nancy Birdsall at the seminar on Facing up to Inequality, Inter-American Development Bank and the Organization for Economic Coordination and Development, Paris, France, March 13, 1999.
"Inequality and Global Coordination," Remarks made by Nancy Birdsall at the American University Dean's Colloquium on Globalization in Crisis, Washington, DC, December 18, 1998.
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