Multinational Corporations in World Development: 40 years on

Abstract

In light of the 2014 Ecuador-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Council to examine the link between Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, in this paper I review the first major discussion at the United Nations of the role of multinational corporations. The report on Multinational Corporations in World Development (1973) for the UN Department of Economic and Social affair launched the (then) new UN Centre on Transnational Corporations. I examine the report in some detail, compare and contrast this with the Ecuadorian resolution from 2014, and reflect on the continuities and changes in attempts to regulate the conduct of global corporations over the forty years between these two moments.

Роль Высокотехнологичных Транснациональных Корпораций В Системе Международных Отношений В Условиях Цифровизации

“…В настоящее время крупные высокотехнологичные транснациональные компании обладают настолько сильным влиянием на международную политику, экономическими ресурсами, что данное влияние и ресурсы сравнимы с ресурсами отдельных государств [35]. Экономическая мощь государства является критерием его могущества, поскольку при отсутствии экономических ресурсов невозможно обеспечить развитие остальных факторов влияния государства [4].…”

Nursing, advocacy and public policy

“…National governments are also increasingly subject to external and trans-national pressure not just from trans-national corporations but also from emerging global civil society. 54 Having an impact on systems-level public policy will almost always demand greater numbers of, and organisation by, nurses than impacting local organisational policy. Working with colleagues or professional organisations will extend an individual nurse's potential impact.…”

Ekonomi Politik Investasi Perusahaan Multinasional di Era Pemerintahan Joko Widodo

“…Diskusi politik tentang PMN lazimnya Udofia (1984) membahas dampak ekonomi politik PMN di negara dunia ketiga PMN dan eksploitasi sumber daya alam, menurut Mohan, Asante, & Abdulai (2018) PMN dan pembangunan dunia kontemporer (May, 2017). Dari bahasan yang dilakukan ilmuwan politik, perdebatan yang sering muncul adalah hubungan yang terkadang konfliktual antara negara dengan PMN.…”