THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES

CONFERENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO, AT THE COLEGIO DE MEXICO. MEXICO CITY, 20th FEBRUARY 1996

PRESIDÊNCIA DA REPÚBLICA
Governo Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Brasília - 1996

Contents

I. Introduction: Challenges to Statesmen Face to Face with Globalization

II. Facts which Have Contributed to the Obsolescence of Traditional Theories on Asymmetry and Dependence in World Economic and Political Relations

1 The Dimension of Capital
2 The Dimension of Labor
3 Some consequences of the new forms of Capital expansion, the organization of Labor and the relations between Capital and Labor

III. Some of the Social Consequences of Globalization: the Problems of Increasing Inequality and Structural Unemployment

1 Inequality and Social Exclusion
2 The Rise in Unemployment

IV. The Role of the Government in Combating Unemployment. How to Generate More and Better Jobs

V. Conclusion: the Global Economy and the Future of Developing Countries. The Demand for Equity

 

PRESIDÊNCIA DA REPÚBLICA
Secretaria de Comunicação Social
Subsecretaria de Imprensa e Divulgação

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