(Paperback)

In this capstone volume in the INE series, the authors review the growing pressure for deeper international integration, explore the strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches to dealing with these pressures, and present concrete proposals to help achieve a global community that will balance openness, diversity, and cohesion.

(Paperback)

Examines the role of trade in developed and developing countries and its impact on labour markets and wage inequality, and discusses the more important effects of technological and organisational change. Robert Lawrence concludes that the impact of globalization on labour markets has been far less damaging than many have argued and that international trade enhances national welfare.

(Hardback)

Over the past decade, international economic liberalization has been pursued through both multilateral and regional arrangements. In the Uruguay Round, more than one hundred governments pledged their commitment to greater open trade in goods and services, and established new rules under the enforcement of the World Trade Organization.