Includes references and index.

Contents : Perspectives on two phrases of globalization -- Financial sector regulation in a globalized context -- Globalization, informalization, criminalization and north- south interaction -- Labour standards in exports and developing countries -- Globalization, technology transfer and skills accumulation in low-income countries -- Linkages between smaller and larger developing economics : the role of FDI -- The challenges posed by globalization for economic liberalization in two Asian transitional countries : Laos and Vietnam -- Protectionist tendencies in the north and vulnerable economics in the south -- The problem of contingent protection -- WTO negotiation and accession issues -- Special and differential treatment for developing countries : helping those who help themselves? -- Growth, economic development and structural transition in small vulnerable states -- Micro-states in a global economy : the role of institutions and networks in managing vulnerability and opportunity -- ;Globalization and the island economies of South Pacific -- Global integration and growth in Honduras and Nicaragua -- Botswana and Zimbabwe : relative success and comparative failure?.