Beyond Sweatshops Foreign Direct Investment and Globalization in Developing Countries

by Moran, Theodore H.

• ISBN13: 9780815706168
• ISBN10: 0815706162
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-17
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

In Beyond Sweatshops, Theodore Moran examines the impact of FDI (foreign direct investment) in manufacturing on growth and welfare in developing countries, and explores how host governments can take advantage of the contributions of foreign investment while avoiding the hazards to lower-skilled workers.

Author Biography

Theodore H. Moran holds the Marcus Wallenberg Chair in international business and finance at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(9)
Foreign Direct Investment in Low-Wage, Low-Skill Activities	10	(13)
Improving the Treatment of Workers at the Bottom by Providing a Path Up from Below	23	(23)
Core Standards for the Treatment of Workers around the World	46	(20)
WTO-Based Enforcement of Core Labor Standards	66	(19)
Voluntary Mechanisms for Improving the Treatment of Workers	85	(23)
Using Foreign Investment to Shape Host-Country Development	108	(31)
The Impact of Outward Investment on the Home Economy of the Investor	139	(8)
A Summing Up	147	(20)
Notes	167	(22)
Index	189