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Globalization

The globalization of markets can and has brought mutual benefits to both the rich and the poor. Yet there is contention over how these benefits are divided, and there is an increasing recognition that global markets require good global politics. CGD believes that good global politics are critical to the battle against global poverty and unrealized human development, and to a more just and fair as well as a more stable and prosperous global economy. CGD President Nancy Birdsall leads the center’s work on the politics and economics of globalization.

The Globalization and Inequality Group (GLIG) is a by-invitation-only working group on globalization and inequality hosted jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Center for Global Development. Chaired by Nancy Birdsall, President of CGD, and Carol Graham, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, it is an ongoing effort, serving as both a forum for the discussion of new research on the topic, as well as a means to inform the debate in the longer term. The forum will meet about four times a year, and proceedings will be archived here.

Publications

Fair Growth: Economic Policies for Latin America's Poor and Middle-Income Majority

In an increasingly globalized world, inequality is an issue of rising concern, especially in Latin America, home to many of the world's most unequal societies. This new book, co-published by the Center for Global Development and the Inter-American Dialogue, describes the links between recent growth trends, changing patterns of inequality, and rising cynicism and frustration with the political leadership across the region. The authors, Nancy Birdsall, Augusto de la Torre, and Rachel Menezes, present a dozen economic policy tools to make life fairer for the great majority of people--without sacrificing economic growth.