The author argues that one of the major causes of exploitative child labor, the multinational corporation (MNC), may well provide a partial solution to the child labor problem. Under circumstances in which conventional processes and institutions of international law have failed and seem likely...

The skeptics of globalization argue that increased trade openness and foreign direct investment induce developing countries to keep labor costs low, for example by letting children work. This article argues that there are good theoretical reasons why globalization might actually have the...