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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780230703321

Autore

Moran Theodore H. <1943->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8157-9862-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

331.1/09172/4

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.