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Transnational Corporations and Development Policy

Critical Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Eric Rugraff

    1. University of Strasbourg, France
      Bureau d’Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), France

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  2. Diego Sánchez-Ancochea

    1. University of Oxford, UK

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  3. Andy Sumner

    1. Institute of Development Studies in Brighton, UK

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Part of the book series: Rethinking International Development series (RID)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Andy Sumner, Eric Rugraff, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
      Pages 1-5

  3. TNCs and Development: an Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. How Have TNCs Changed in the Last 50 Years?

      • Eric Rugraff, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Andy Sumner
      Pages 9-28

    3. What Do We Know about the Developmental Impacts of TNCs?

      • Eric Rugraff, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Andy Sumner
      Pages 29-55

  4. TNCs and Development Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. How TNC-Friendly Is Development Policy?

      • Andy Sumner
      Pages 59-78

    3. Are North-South Trade Agreements Good for FDI-Led Development? The Case of DR-CAFTA

      • Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
      Pages 79-102

  5. New Players Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Is Indian FDI Developmental?

      • Jørgen Dige Pedersen
      Pages 105-136

    3. Chinese Outward FDI in Africa: How Much Do We Know?

      • Andrew Crabtree, Andy Sumner
      Pages 137-154

  7. Sectoral Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. How Do Linkages with Local Suppliers Affect the Impact of TNCs on Development? The Case of Electronics in Vietnam

      • Ingeborg Vind
      Pages 225-246

    3. Does FDI Create Linkages in Mining? The Case of Gold Mining in Ghana

      • Marianne Nylandsted Larsen, Paul Yankson, Niels Fold
      Pages 247-273

    4. How Does ‘Linking up with Global Buyers’ Impact the Prospects for Upgrading in Pharmaceuticals? The Case of India

      • Stine Jessen Haakonsson
      Pages 274-301

    5. Conclusion

      • Eric Rugraff, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Andy Sumner
      Pages 302-306
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About this book

This volume offers a wide-reaching exploration of foreign direct investment and developmental impacts through case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Central Europe, also examining the role of 'new players' such as Chinese, Indian and South African TNCs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Strasbourg, France

    Eric Rugraff

  • Bureau d’Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), France

    Eric Rugraff

  • University of Oxford, UK

    Diego Sánchez-Ancochea

  • Institute of Development Studies in Brighton, UK

    Andy Sumner

About the editors

Andy Sumner is Co-director of the newly established King's International Development Institute at King's College London, UK. He was previously a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. Andy is an interdisciplinary development economist with research interests in the fields of global poverty, economic development, and inequality with reference to middle-income countries and emerging economies. He was listed in Foreign Policy's 'Top 100 Global Thinkers' and Devex's '40-under-40 Global Development Leaders' for his work on the 'new bottom billion' about poverty in middle-income countries.

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