Using the KOF index of globalization and its disaggregate components
along with the new FACB rights data set, I find positive effects of aggregate
globalization and social globalization on aggregate FACB rights as well as on
laws and practices of FACB rights in a sample of 142 developing countries
over the 1985 to 2002 period. The positive effect of economic globalization
is sensitive to the estimation technique used, while political globalization
remains statistically insignificant.