Financial Globalization: The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows

Books, April 27, 2007

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Bibliographic details

• Published: April 27, 2007
• Series: Books
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065710.071

Overview and purpose

• Compilation of articles from the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development covering the past eight years.
• Focuses on financial globalization and the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows.
• Also addresses the expansion of world trade, the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and the digital divide between developed and some developing countries.
• Described as "an extraordinary summary that distills nearly a decade of accelerated change."

Major themes and substantive findings (as presented)

• Financial globalization:
  • Tracks trends and consequences of globalization via Finance & Development articles.
  • Emphasizes the policy options and challenges faced by governments when national decisions transcend borders.
• Cross-border capital flows:
  • Highlights the "huge growth" in cross-border capital flows and associated policy implications.
• Trade and labor:
  • Examines the expansion of world trade.
  • Explores the impact of globalization on jobs and employed workforce dynamics.
• Taxation and distribution:
  • Considers effects of globalization on taxation and the poor, and issues around income inequality.
• Digital divide:
  • Examines the digital divide between developed and some developing countries.
• Geographic and topical scope (subjects and keywords):
  • Subjects: Balance of payments, Capital account liberalization, Capital flows, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial markets, Globalization, Income inequality, National accounts
  • Keywords include: Asia and Pacific, BOOK, Capital account liberalization, Capital flows, country, East Asia, economy, Emerging and frontier financial markets, emerging market country, employed workforce, Europe, Global, globalization time line, Income inequality, liberalization, market, market participant, North Africa, trade openness, trade share

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• Order a Print Copy option noted on the landing page.
• Quarterly issues from 1996 onward are available for free online via the IMF eLibrary.

International Monetary Fund. Financial Globalization: The Impact on Trade, Policy, Labor, and Capital Flows, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed 9/17/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589065710.071