Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Latin American Development Forum Series -- About ECLAC -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Globalization: A Historical, Multidimensional Perspective -- Introduction -- Economic Globalization -- Noneconomic Dimensions of Globalization -- Ethical and Cultural Dimensions -- Political Dimension -- Opportunities and Risks -- Notes -- 2 International Trade and the New Global Production Structure -- Introduction -- International Trade -- International Trade and Economic Growth: A Variable Historical Relationship -- Development of the Institutional Framework for International Trade -- Recent Patterns of World Trade -- Two Challenges Posed by the Relationship between Trade and Economic Growth -- The New Global Production Structure -- Microeconomic Foundations -- New Forms of Production and Market Organization -- Implications for Business Decisions and Strategies -- Patterns of FDI and TNC Strategies at the Global Level -- Notes -- 3 The International Mobility of Capital and Labor -- Introduction -- International Finance and Macroeconomic Regimes -- History of the International Financial System -- Recent Changes and Volatility in Financial Markets -- Capital Flows to Developing Countries -- International Migration -- Notes -- 4 Inequalities and Asymmetries in the Global Order -- Introduction -- Inequalities in Global Income Distribution -- Long-Term Disparities between Regions and Countries -- Overall Effect of International and National Inequality -- Basic Asymmetries in the Global Order -- Extreme Concentration of Technical Progress in Industrial Countries -- Developing Countries' Greater Macroeconomic Vulnerability -- High Capital Mobility and Low Labor Mobility -- The Rise and Fall of International Cooperation for Development -- Notes -- 5 An Agenda for the Global Era -- Introduction.

Fundamental Principles for Building a Better Global Order -- Three Key Objectives -- Global Rules and Institutions that Respect Diversity -- Complementarity of Global, Regional, and National Institution Building -- Equitable Participation and Appropriate Rules of Governance -- National Strategies for Dealing with Globalization -- The Role and Basic Components of National Strategies -- Macroeconomic Strategy -- Building Systemic Competitiveness -- Environmental Sustainability -- Social Strategies in an Era of Globalization -- The Key Role of Action at the Regional Level -- The Global Agenda -- The Provision of Global Public Goods in the Macroeconomic Sphere -- Sustainable Development as a Global Public Good -- The Correction of Financial and Macroeconomic Asymmetries -- Overcoming Production and Technological Asymmetries -- The Full Inclusion of Migration on the International Agenda -- Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: The Foundations for Global Citizenship -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.