2010/06 | LEM Working Paper Series | |
Multinational Corporations, Technology Spillovers and Human Rights's Impacts on Developing Countries |
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Elisa Giuliani |
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Keywords | ||
Multinational corporations, development, human rights, technology spillovers
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JEL Classifications | ||
O1, O33, M14
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Abstract | ||
This paper stems from the recognition that, in the current globalized
world, the achievement of economic development goals is not
necessarily accompanied by improved social conditions, or respect of
people?s human rights more generally. Through their internal resources
and capabilities, which often exceed those of many developing
countries, Multinational Corporations (MNCs) can either positively or
negatively condition their route towards development. While there are
reported cases of positive economic effects generated by MNCs
operations in developing countries, there is also plenty of evidence
about MNCs involvement in human rights' abuses in these countries. To
date, no scholarly research has analysed the factors that favour a
positive (negative) MNC effect on host developing countries, by
looking jointly at economic and human rights? impacts. This paper is a
first attempt to take into account and integrate evidence coming from
two distinct streams of literature, which have so far poorly
interacted -- i.e. studies on MNCs' economic impact with a focus on
technology spillovers; and studies on MNCs' human rights? impact on
host developing countries.
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