This paper was commissioned as part of JRF's programme on Globalisation, which explores and promotes awareness of the impacts of globalisation on the UK and focuses on communities and people in poverty. This paper

• examines the relationship between globalisation and inequality in the UK and other OECD states;
• outlines where further research in global governance and the alleviation of poverty is needed; and
• discusses how global institutions can work towards poverty alleviation in the UK.