Multinational corporations, environment and the Third World

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-129
Author(s):  
David Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World

Bearing Burdens

2018 ◽  
pp. 123-151
Author(s):  
William O. Walker
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Third World ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Civic Action ◽  
The Third ◽  
American Century ◽  
Alliance For Progress ◽  
Agency For International Development ◽  
The Third World

This chapter assesses the various obstacles impeding the expansion of the American Century from early 1961 through 1964. Numerous problems, including Laos, Berlin, the Cuban missile crisis, and Vietnam brought into question John F. Kennedy’s leadership. His response too often minimized consultation with allies and, across the Third World, increasingly focused on security and stability through civic action programs, overseen by the Office of Public Safety in the Agency for International Development—to the great detriment, for example, of experiments like the Alliance for Progress. Meanwhile, the rise of multinational corporations and deficit-induced flight of gold thwarted Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s economic policies, while weakening America’s hegemony and credibility.

Multinational Corporations, Environment, and the Third World

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 1103
Author(s):  
William Diebold ◽  
Charles S. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third World

scholarly journals Multinational Corporations

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
R.H. Patil
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Third World ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
National Development ◽  
Financial Policy ◽  
The Third ◽  
International Labour Office ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
The Third World

The importance of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the world trade, foreign direct investment, and transfer of technology is well documented. In recent year, many governments, especially those in the Third World, have been re-examining their policies towards MNCs whose economic and political power often come in the way of national development. Four recently published books on this sensitive subject are reviewed in this article. Robbins, Sydney M.; and Stobaugh, Robert, B., Money in the Multinational Enterprises: A Study of Financial Policy. London: Longman, 1974. Parker, J.E.S., The Economics of Innovations: The National and Multinational Enterprise in Technological Change. London: Longman, 1974. International Labour Office, Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1973. Turner, Louis, Multinational Companies and the Third World. London: Allen Lane, 1973.

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