Poverty Consequences of Globalisation in OIC Countries: A Comparative Analysis

Muhammad Majeed

The Pakistan Development Review, 2012, vol. 51, issue 4, 479-492

Abstract: This study examines the impact of globalisation on cross-country poverty using a new comparable panel data set for developing countries over a long period 1970-2008. The main findings of the study are: First, openness to trade exerts adverse effects on poverty in all sample developing countries while FDI helps in reducing poverty only in OIC countries. Second, growth elasticity of poverty is negative and significant in all countries; however, the growth elasticity of poverty is high in the case of OIC countries. Third, inflation adversely affects poverty in all sample countries. Fourth and finally, the role of government is insignificant in OIC countries while it is robustly significant with a negative sign in Non-OIC countries. Thus, government spending helps in reducing poverty only in Non-OIC countries. The overall results of this study indicate that globalisation accentuates not ameliorates poverty.

Keywords: Globalisation; Poverty; Inequality; FDI; OIC Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F41 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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