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Madeley John

Big business poor peoples : The impact of transnational corporations on the worlds poor - London Zed Books 2001 - 206pq xvi

Table of contents
Part 1 Introduction - the corporate spread: foreign direct investment;
why TNCs are different; the poor; size; gain or loss?; employment;
dual economies;
transfer pricing;
services.
Part 2 Why poor countries "want" the corporations: globalization and liberalization;
privatization;
debt;
subtle pressure;
the aid connection;
Part 3 The agri-corporations - from production to trade: seeds;
patents;
protests in India;
genetic engineering;
bio-piracy;
trade;
cereals;
land;
pesticide effects;
Bhopal;
questioning pesticides;
obsolete pesticides;
health problems;
Part 4 Agri-commodities take their toll: tobacco;
impact on the poor;
health;
a family burden;
land degradation;
alternatives;
baby foods;
the code;
monitoring;
non-traditional export crops;
consequences;
further constraints;
floriculture.
Part 5 Extracting logs and fish: forests;
Asia and the Pacific;
Latin America;
Africa; fisheries;
European Union and Africa;
India; regulation.
Part 6 Mining the poor: the companies;
effects;
Grasberg;
Bougainville and Lihir;
gold; culture; women - the impact;
Philippines - government action;
responsible mining.
Part 7 Manufactured goods - poverty amidst the glitz: toys; footwear; clothes; carpets - child labour; export processing zones. Part 8 Energy - the costly double of oil and water: damning the poor; Victoria; Pergau; Bakun; oil and the poor; Niger Delta; Oriente. Part 9 Tourism - the great illusion: three branches; but is it development?; regulation. Part 10 Health - a corporate pill that is hard to swallow: promotion; antibiotics; vitamins and stimulants; donations; transfer pricing; generic drugs; discrediting critics. Part 11 The corporate persuaders: influencing the UN; taming UNCTAD; World Trade Organization; relations with the public. Part 12 Tackling the power: regulation; producers; consumers; shareholders; NGO activity; corporate behaviour; conclusion.

ISBN: 9781856496711

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. International Business Enterprises - Social Aspects 2. Poor - Developing Countries - Economic Conditions

Dewey Class. No.: 305.569000 / MAD