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  Sweatshops and third world living standards: are the jobs worth the sweat?

  The Independent Institute, USA, 2004

  This paper agrees that multinational countries pay more than domestic firms in developing countries, but questions the widely accepted assumption that domestic sweatshops are necessarily exploitative. The authors compare apparel industry wages and the wages of individual firms accused of being sweatshops to measures of the standard of living in developing economies.
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  Caste discrimination and the private sector

  India Committee of the Netherlands, 2005

  This report outlines the main arguments and issues raised in the seminar entitled ‘Employment Principles for Foreign Investors in South Asia’ held in 2004 in London. The seminar raised a number of important issues in relation to caste discrimination and foreign investment in South Asia.
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  Internationally recognised core labour standards in Nigeria

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  This report assesses the respect and the observance of internationally recognised core labour standards in Nigeria.
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  Thailand: the plight of burmese migrant workers

  Amnesty International, 2005

  This article examines some of the key issues and problems faced by Burmese migrant workers and their families in Thailand. The material is based on testimonies from migrant workers, official documents and media reports.
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  Managing the transition to a responsible global textiles and garment industry

  AccountAbility, 2005

  The Multi Fiber Arrangement provided many coutries with access to markets and sheltered them from global competititon, through the imposition of country quotas. This paper considers the implications of a post-MFA era for developing countries where garment production and exports are mainstays of the economy.
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  Race to the bottom: exploitation of workers in the global garment industry

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2005

  This paper explores the race to the bottom in garment producing countries.
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  Rotten fruit: Tesco profits as women workers pay a high price

  ActionAid International, 2005

  Tesco is committed to CSR and the Ethical Trading Initiative baseline code, and workers on South African farm suppliers benefit from strong provisions in South African law to protect labour standards.
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  Women working in global supply chains: are retailers trading away workers’ rights?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  In today’s global economy, supermarkets and clothing stores are sourcing their products from farms and factories worldwide. Workers at the end of these supply chains – who pick and pack fruit, sew garments and cut flowers – are mostly women. Their work is fuelling valuable national export growth and could be providing the income to lift them and their families out of poverty.
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  Between codes and practices: are African women getting a fair deal?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Tens of thousands of African women are employed in the export horticulture sector where fresh fruit, vegetables and cut flowers are grown for foreign, mainly European, markets. Many of these jobs are labour intensive and insecure, and characterised by long hours, hazardous working conditions and low pay.
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  Behind the brand names: working conditions and labour rights in export processing zones

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2004

  The report explores the realties of working conditions in export prcessing zones (EPZs). It points out that EPZs are costly in terms of the infrastructure they require, use few local inputs, and provide little or no tax revenue for their host countries.

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