I. MAIN FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS = 1
A. The role of employment and work, particularly of women, in poverty eradication in the context of globalization = 1
1. Policies for growth and job creation = 2
2. Policies to improve capabilities = 3
3. Policies on income distribution and the alleviation of poverty = 4
4. Policies to correct for market failures and to smooth adjustment = 4
5. Policies to strengthen governance = 5
B. Economic vulnerability as a criterion for identification of least developed countries = 5
II. THE ROLE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK, PARTICULARLY OF WOMEN, IN POVERTY ERADICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION = 7
A. Introduction = 7
B. The benefits of globalization = 8
C. Globalization and vulnerability = 10
D. Globalization and inequality = 12
E. Globalization, employment and the labour market = 15
F. Policies = 19
1. Policies for growth and job creation = 20
2. Policies to improve capabilities = 22
3. Policies on income distribution and the alleviation of poverty = 24
4. Policies to correct for market failures and to smooth adjustment = 25
5. Policies to strengthen governance = 27
III. A VULNERABILITY INDEX AS A CRITERION FOR THE DESIGNATION OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES = 28
A. Introduction = 28
B. The relevance of vulnerability for the identification of least developed countries = 29
C. Vulnerability as considered by the Committee for Development Planning = 30
D. An assessment of recent work by international organizations on vulnerability indices = 32
E. An economic vulnerability index as a criterion for the identification of least developed countries = 33
F. Other vulnerability aspects and handicaps : a “vulnerability profile” = 35
G. Other improvements in the criteria gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and Augmented Physical Quality of Life Index (APQLI) for identification of least developed countries = 36
H. Further work = 38
IV. WORKING METHODS AND PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE COMMITTEE = 39
V. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION = 43
Annexes
I. Review of three vulnerability indices = 45
II. Criteria for the identification of least developed countries = 49
III. Agenda = 51
A. The role of employment and work, particularly of women, in poverty eradication in the context of globalization = 1
1. Policies for growth and job creation = 2
2. Policies to improve capabilities = 3
3. Policies on income distribution and the alleviation of poverty = 4
4. Policies to correct for market failures and to smooth adjustment = 4
5. Policies to strengthen governance = 5
B. Economic vulnerability as a criterion for identification of least developed countries = 5
II. THE ROLE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK, PARTICULARLY OF WOMEN, IN POVERTY ERADICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION = 7
A. Introduction = 7
B. The benefits of globalization = 8
C. Globalization and vulnerability = 10
D. Globalization and inequality = 12
E. Globalization, employment and the labour market = 15
F. Policies = 19
1. Policies for growth and job creation = 20
2. Policies to improve capabilities = 22
3. Policies on income distribution and the alleviation of poverty = 24
4. Policies to correct for market failures and to smooth adjustment = 25
5. Policies to strengthen governance = 27
III. A VULNERABILITY INDEX AS A CRITERION FOR THE DESIGNATION OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES = 28
A. Introduction = 28
B. The relevance of vulnerability for the identification of least developed countries = 29
C. Vulnerability as considered by the Committee for Development Planning = 30
D. An assessment of recent work by international organizations on vulnerability indices = 32
E. An economic vulnerability index as a criterion for the identification of least developed countries = 33
F. Other vulnerability aspects and handicaps : a “vulnerability profile” = 35
G. Other improvements in the criteria gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and Augmented Physical Quality of Life Index (APQLI) for identification of least developed countries = 36
H. Further work = 38
IV. WORKING METHODS AND PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE COMMITTEE = 39
V. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION = 43
Annexes
I. Review of three vulnerability indices = 45
II. Criteria for the identification of least developed countries = 49
III. Agenda = 51