Rugman Reviews 2009
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-28787-8_95
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Fighting the Wrong Enemy: Antiglobal Activists and Multinational Enterprises

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“…This seems to imply that foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries is adding to, rather than reducing poverty. By contrast, many economists argue that FDI improves the welfare of workers in developing countries by increasing the demand for labor and by paying higher wages than prevail locally (e.g., Graham 2000). Heads of State and Government have endorsed the optimistic view at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002: According to the Monterrey Consensus, FDI "is especially important for its potential to … ultimately eradicate poverty through economic growth and development.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This seems to imply that foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries is adding to, rather than reducing poverty. By contrast, many economists argue that FDI improves the welfare of workers in developing countries by increasing the demand for labor and by paying higher wages than prevail locally (e.g., Graham 2000). Heads of State and Government have endorsed the optimistic view at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002: According to the Monterrey Consensus, FDI "is especially important for its potential to … ultimately eradicate poverty through economic growth and development.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 1998, the MAI talks fell apart. There remains debate over whether non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the 'anti-globalisation' movement 'killed' the MAI through their campaigns to pressure governments or if, instead, OECD countries simply failed to find common ground on certain key issues (Graham 2000;Muchlinski 2001). …”
Section: The Spaghetti Bowlmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los críticos no coinciden con esta idea y basan sus argumentos en que las EMN pagan salarios más bajos en los países en vías de desarrollo. No obstante hay evidencia empírica y econométrica que demuestra lo contrario (Brown et al, 2002;Graham, 2000). Los estudios resaltan que el sueldo que pagan las EMN en los países en vías de desarrollo es superior a la media salarial del país.…”
Section: Efectos De Las Empresas Multinacionales En El País De Acogidaunclassified