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| Titel | Footloose garment investors in southern and eastern Africa |
| Auteurs | E. de Haan, M. Vander Stichele |
| Editor | J. Turner |
| Jaar | 2008 |
| Uitgever | SOMO |
| Plaats | Amsterdam |
| Pagina's | 7 |
| ISBN | 978-90-71284-21-2 |
| Serietitel | SOMO Paper |
| Serienummer | March |
| Organisatie | SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations |
| Onderwerp | Economic Development and Trade |
| Trefwoorden | finance, industry, sustainable development, poverty |
| Regio's | Southern Africa, East Africa |
| Landen | Lesotho, Swaziland |
| Samenvatting | Several Southern and Eastern African countries, and especially Lesotho and Swaziland, have attracted foreign investment in garments as part of a strategy for economic development. While many donors and institutions, such as the World Bank and the OECD, praise the benefits of foreign investment for development, this paper looks at the impact of foreign direct investment in garments from the perspective of sustainable development and poverty eradication. The findings of research in these countries1 show how foreign investors in the garment industry can easily leave, and have become footloose. They highlight how the costs to the host country, the workers, communities and the environment need to be taken into account when looking at the costs and benefits of foreign investment. |
| Taal | Engels |
| Categorie | Research |
| Soort document | Rapport |
| Opmerkingen | This paper is based on the research report: Footloose investors : investing in the garment industry in Africa. - E. de Haan & M. Vander Stichele. - August 2007 |
| Rechten | © 2008 SOMO This document is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivateWorks 2.5 License |
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