Pacific Human Development Report, 1999

Pacific Human Development Report, 1999

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this report is to update the assessment of development status and trends in the Pacific region. The sub-title, "Creating opportunities", refers to what poverty means in a practical sense in the countries in the region. It also emphasizes the critical link between effective policies and the availability of sound and timely social data.


Human Development Report 1999

Human Development Report 1999

Author: United Nations Development Programme

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780195215618

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Published for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).


Tourism and the Less Developed World

Tourism and the Less Developed World

Author: David Harrison

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0851994334

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Many less developed countries are expanding their tourism industries and these are seen to be crucial to their economic development. Yet such activities can also create social, cultural and environmental problems. This book provides a review of many of the key issues involved in tourism in developing countries and presents a range of case studies. These are interpreted from a perspective of the sociology and anthropology of development. Case study chapters are presented from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Oceania. The book provides essential reading for advanced students and researchers in tourism and development studies.


Chains of Fortune

Chains of Fortune

Author: Marilyn Carr

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780850927986

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Extrait de la couverture "Much has been written about the negative impact of globalisation on the world's poor, and especially on women. But globalisation also opens up new economic opportunities if poor women producers and workers are enabled to take advantage of them. The need for assistance differs between independent producers on the one hand and wage workers in export industries on the other. In ther former case, the need mainly is for increased access to global markets. In the latter case, the need mainly is for better organizing so as to bargain for better wages and working conditions. This edited volume brings together six case studies. Three link local producers with global markets (...). Three focus on improving the working conditions of the hundreds of thousands of wage workers in global value chains."