Complementary policies to foster the inclusiveness of international openness evidence from the Asia-Pacific region

This chapter contains a cross-country analysis examining how poverty and inclusive growth are affected by international openness. In it, the interaction between international openness and underlying conditions, such as capital and labour mobility, ease of firm entry and exit, good governance and the rule of law, access to education and health facilities is also considered. Existing literature together with the analysis in this Report, points to the need to explore four dimensions of potential linkage between openness and inclusiveness, namely (i) aggregate employment and its distribution; (ii) aggregate productivity; (iii) poverty and income inequality; and (iv) equal opportunity between genders. Analysis is done using aggregate data from the Asia-Pacific region from 1988 to 2010.

Related Subject(s): International Trade and Finance