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

By: Moran, Theodore H, 1943-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002Description: v, 196 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(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 developmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 331.1/09172/4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.