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The Global Labour Standards Controversy: Critical Issues for Developing Countries
Singh, Ajit; Zammit, Ann - eSocialSciences - 2014
This policy study seeks to move the debate on labour standards beyond the present stalemate onto a more constructive plane. While closely examining the economic arguments in this controversy, it is also concerned with the broader political and moral dimensions. The authors suggest that...
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Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector
NCEUS, NCEUS - eSocialSciences - 2012
This Report is focused on the informal or the unorganized economy which accounts for an overwhelming proportion of the poor and vulnerable population in an otherwise shining India. It concentrates on a detailed analysis of the conditions of work and lives of the unorganized workers consisting of...
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Globalization and Gender Justice
Michael, Lorraine - eSocialSciences - 2013
Globalization makes all products costlyfor workers. Canadian women face same problems as women in India. They face …
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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards
Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006
Globalization, or integration with the world economy via WTO membership, was expected to increase foriegn investment … globalization has not, and will not, trickle down to those who make the products. Comparing Mexico's maquiladoras with a detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341689
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Economic Development in a Changing Globalised Economy: The Case of Developing Countries
Huq, Mozammel - eSocialSciences - 2006
In the context of the changing economic environment, this analysis is of particular relevance to Third World countries, who are currently being asked and/or actively encouraged to implement the "globalisation" strategy. The paper will analyse the globalisation strategy and discuss the critical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341748
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Frontier Issues on the Global Agenda- Emerging Economy Perspective
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
The article is a report of RBI Minister Duvvuri Subbarao on issuesing concerning the G-20 countries and also issues effecting all the countries collectively.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319335
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Multidimensional Indices of Achievements and Poverty: What Do We Gain and What and What Do We Lose?
Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2011
Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319343
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Challenges and Opportunities in a Trillion Dollar Economy
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Indian economy reached the trillion US dollar GDP milestone in 2007 and joined other countries of the trillion dollar club, namely, the US, UK, Japan, Germany, China, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Russia. In fact, over the period 1960 to the late 1980s, India’s GDP in US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321469
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Impact of Trade Liberalization on Returns from Land: A Regional Study of Indian Agriculture
Ghosh, Nilabja - eSocialSciences - 2010
Trade liberalization, by aligning domestic prices with world prices, is envisaged to bring welfare gains to a country. In the case of Indian agriculture, owing to the vastness and diversity of the sector, the impact is likely to be profoundly unequal across regions especially when liberalization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691810
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Globalization and Regional Income Inequality: Evidence from within China
Lu, Ming; Wan, Guanghua; Chen, Zhao - eSocialSciences - 2010
aggravates concerns over the impact of globalization on the already rising inter-region income inequality in China. This paper … discusses China’s globalization process and estimates an income generating function, incorporating trade and FDI variables. It … then applies the newly developed shapley value decomposition technique to quantify the contributions of globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727213