Big business, poor peoples : the impact of transnational corporations on the world's poor
著者
書誌事項
Big business, poor peoples : the impact of transnational corporations on the world's poor
Zed Books, 1999
- : hbk
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全33件
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Are transnational corporations (TNCs) the solution to poverty in the Third World or are they part of the problem? They are portrayed as bringing rapid economic growth, jobs and development - yet inequality between North and South, and within countries, continues to grow apace. So what really is happening? In this highly readable book, John Madeley explores this little-investigated aspect of large corporations. He looks at the impact on the poor of TNC activities in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining, oil extraction, manufacturing and tourism. He charts how natural resources are being ceded to TNCs at the expense of local communities. He reveals the weakness of the productive links between TNC activity and national economies, and how the power of governments to control these corporations is declining. Yet the news is not all bad. Producers, consumers, local communities, even shareholders are beginning to demand that large corporations take other obligations besides profit into account
目次
- 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.
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