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Part I: Globalization for people: A
vision for change
Where do we stand today?
Where do we want to go?
How do we get there?
A stronger ethical
framework
Towards
a global community: Strengthening dialogue and governance
Part II: Globalization
and its impact
II.1 Views and
perceptions
Common ground
Africa
Arab world
Asia
Latin America and the
Caribbean
Transition countries of
Europe and Central Asia
Western Europe and North
America
Business, labour and civil
society
II.2 Globalization: Its
nature and impact
Introduction
Key characteristics of
globalization
Trade
Foreign Direct Investment
Financial flows
Technology
Inter-relationships
The policy environment
The institutional context
The multilateral trading
system
Global production systems
The global financial
system
The impact of
globalization
Primary concerns
The impact on economic
growth
Uneven impact across
countries
The impact of trade,
investment and financial liberalization
Employment, inequality
and poverty
The impact on people
Wider effects
Part III: The governance
of globalization
Introduction
III.1 Beginning at home
National capabilities and
policies
Governance
Economic liberalization
and the State
Strengthening economic
capabilities
The informal economy
Enabling and empowering
people – through education
Work and employment
Sustainable development
and resource productivity
Empowering the local level
Local government
The local economic base
Local values and cultural
heritages
Regional integration as a
stepping stone
The experience of
regional integration
The social dimension of
regional integration
Globalizing regions
III.2 The reform of global
governance
III.2.1 Analytical
framework
Globalization and
governance
Major deficiencies in
contemporary global governance
Unbalanced outcomes
III.2.2 Fair rules
Introduction
The space for national
development
Multilateral rules for
trade
Rules for global
production systems
Reform of the financial
architecture
Labour in the global
economy
Core labour standards
The cross-border movement
of people
III.2.3 Better
international policies
Introduction
Resources for global goals
Official development
assistance
Debt relief
New public financial
resources at the international level
Private capital flows to
low-income countries
Achieving key goals
Education, skills and
technological capacity
Adjustment, security and
social protection
Making decent work a
global goal
Coordinated macroeconomic
policies for full employment
Promoting decent work in
global production systems
Policy coherence for
decent work
Integrating economic and
social goals
III.2.4 More accountable
institutions
Strengthening the
multilateral system
Democratic representation
in governing councils
Increasing accountability
Increasing resources
Nation States
Parliaments
Business
Corporate governance
Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR)
Organized labour
Social dialogue in global
production systems
Civil society
Communications and media
Networked governance
Part IV: Mobilizing action
for change
Introduction
Follow-up at the national
level
The multilateral system
Achieving policy
coherence
Better policy development
Research support
Better monitoring and
measurement
More systematic research
programmes
Institutional support
Annex 1: Guide to
proposals and recommendations
Annex 2: The World
Commission: Background and composition
Annex 3: Commission
meetings, consultations and research
Index
Figures
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Trade and net FDI
inflows as percentage of GDP, 1970-2001
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Average unweighted
tariff rates by region, 1980-1998 (in per cent)
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Distribution of
developing countries’ manufactures exports, total for 1990s (in per cent)
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Inflows of Foreign
Direct Investment, developing countries 1985-2002 (in US$ billions)
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National regulatory
changes towards FDI, 1991-2000
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Distribution of FDI
inflows to developing countries, total for 1990s (in per cent)
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Outstanding
international bonds, 1982-2002 (all developing countries, US$ billions)
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Estimates of Internet
access, 1997-2002 (millions of Internet users)
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Cost and volume of
international telephone calls from the US, 1960-2000 (cost in constant 1995 US$
per 3 minutes, peak rate)
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World GDP per capita
growth, 1961-2003 (annual change in per cent)
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GDP per capita in the
poorest and the richest countries, 1960-62 and 2000-02 (in constant 1995 US$,
simple averages)
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Average company tax
rates in the EU and OECD, 1996-2003 (in per cent)
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Open unemployment
rates for various regions of the world, 1990-2002 (in per cent)
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Pre- and post-crisis
unemployment in selected Latin American and Asian countries (in per cent)
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Non-agricultural
self-employment, 1980-89 and 1990-2000 (in per cent of total non-agricultural
employment)
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Ratio of the 10 per
cent highest paid over the 10 per cent lowest paid workers, mid-1980s and
mid-1990s
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Share of the top 1 per
cent in gross income in selected industrialized countries, 1975-2000 (in per cent)
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Income inequality
changes in 73 countries, 1960s to 1990s
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People living on less
than 1 US$ per day, 1990 and 2000 (millions)
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Public expenditure on
education, 1992-2000 (in per cent of GDP)
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Net official
development assistance from DAC countries to developing countries and multilateral
organizations (1970-2002)
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