This, the first book in the Global Development Network series, brings together the views of researchers from the developing and developed world and provides models of successful research conducted in developing and transition countries.

Contents: Foreword Ernest Zedillo, former President of Mexico (1994–2000) and currently Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and Professor of International Economics and Politics, Yale University, USA Preface Ernest Aryeetey and Natalia Dinello Introduction: Growth and Poverty in the World Economy, 1950–2000 Richard N. Cooper PART I: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 1. Trade Reforms and Poverty: The Case of Cambodia Isidro Soloaga 2. International Exposure, Unionization and Market Concentration: The Effects on Factor Use and Firm Productivity in Uruguay Carlos Casacuberta, Gabriela Fachola and Néstor Gandelman PART II: AID STRATEGIES AND ALLOCATIONS 3. Trade Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: Emerging Issues and Challenges Chantal Dupasquier and Patrick N. Osakwe 4. Rent-seeking Behaviors and the Perpetuation of Aid Dependence: The Donor-Side Story Jean-Claude Berthélemy 5. Impact of Revamped Australian Assistance to the Pacific Islands Satish Chand PART III: INTERDEPENDENCE AND MIGRATION 6. Migration and Development: Managing Mutual Effects Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah 7. Patterns, Trends and Government Policies: Understanding Irregular Immigration from China James K. Chin 8. Regionalism and Migration in West Africa: Do Polar Economies Reap the Benefits? Adama Konseiga Index