Beyond sweatshops [electronic resource] : foreign direct investment and globalization in developing countries / Theodore H. Moran.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002.Description: v, 196 pSubject(s): - 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
- 331.1/09172/4 21
- HD5710.75.D44 M67 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-188) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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