Beyond sweatshops : foreign direct investment and globalization in developing countries / Theodore H. Moran

Author: Moran, Theodore H., 1943-
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002.
Physical Description: v, 196 p. ; 24 cm.

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Contents

Foreign direct investment in low-wage, low-skill activities -- Improving the treatment of workers at the bottom by providing a path up from below -- Core standards for the treatment of workers around the world -- WTO-based enforcement of core labor standards -- Voluntary mechanisms for improving the treatment of workers -- Using foreign investment to shape host-country development -- The impact of outward investment on the home economy of the investor.

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Investments, Foreign, and employment—Developing countries
Foreign trade and employment—OECD countries
Manufacturing industries—Developing countries—Employees
Investments, Foreign—Moral and ethical aspects—Developing countries
Investments, Foreign—Government policy—Developing countries
Economic development

ISBN

0815706162 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815706154 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-188) and index.

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Beyond sweatshops : foreign direct investment and globalization in developing countries / Theodore H. Moran

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