http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/pdf/10.1596/1813-9450-2615

" A key issue today is the effect of globalization on inequality and poverty. They first identify a group of developing countries that are participating more in globalization. Since China, India, and several other large countries are part of this group, well over half of the population of the developing world lives in these globalizing economies. The evidence from individual cases and from cross-country analysis supports the view that globalization leads to faster growth and poverty reduction in poor countries." (Au)