Title Big business, poor peoples : how transnational corporations damage the world's poor / John Madeley

Edition Second edition Published London : Zed Books, 2008

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MELB	305.569 Mad/Bbp 2008		AVAILABLE

Description xv, 240 pages ; 23 cm Contents Introduction: the corporate spread -- 1. Why poor countries 'want' the corporations -- 2. The agri-corporations: from production to trade -- 3. Agri-commodities take their toll -- 4. Health: the poor take the corporate pill -- 5. Water: the corporate tap -- 6. Tourism: the great illusion -- 7. Extracting logs and fish -- 8. Mining the poor -- 9. Manufactured goods: poverty amid the glitz -- 10. Energy: no force for the poor -- 11. The corporate persuaders -- 12. Tackling the power: regulation, bypass, action -- Conclusion Notes Previous ed.: 1999, entitled: Big business, poor peoples : the impact of transnational corporations in the world's poor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index Subject International business enterprises -- Developing countries. International business enterprises -- Social aspects -- Developing countries. Poor -- Developing countries. SUBJECT Developing countries -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Author Madeley, John. Big business, poor peoples : the impact of transnational corporations in the world's poor. 1999. 1st ed ISBN 9781848130326 hardback 9781848130333 paperback

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