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OverviewForeign direct investment is recognised to be important for economic development, in terms of wealth creation, employment, skills development, and technology transfer. But there is an on-going debate about the extent to which these contributions translate into real benefits for people living in poverty. In an attempt to evaluate the impacts of international business on people living in poverty, two organisations with very different aims and perspectives - Unilever (a major company operating in some of the poorest countries in the world) and Oxfam (an international development and humanitarian organisation) - collaborated on an ambitious research project. The research considered the impacts of Unilever Indonesia across the entire business value chain, from producers and suppliers, through the company's core business operations, to its distributors, retailers, and consumers. This report presents the findings of the research. It is a contribution to the debates among the wider business community, governments, civil-society organisations, and academics who seek to understand how the wealth, employment, and products that a large company creates could bring increased benefits to people living in poverty. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jason Clay (Senior Vice President, WWF)Publisher: Oxfam Publishing Imprint: Oxfam Professional Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9780855985660ISBN 10: 0855985666 Pages: 124 Publication Date: 15 December 2005 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Adult education , General , A / AS level Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews'This report will be at the vanguard of partnership and learning between a company and an NGO. Oxfam and Unilever are still different - and these differences are not negative: action learning is not necessarily about agreeing. The point of learning is understanding differences, and there is no progress without learning.' (Gilbert Lenssen, President, European Academy of Business in Society) Author InformationJason Clay is a leader within WWF and the NGO community more broadly on identifying global trends and issues as well as supply chain management. He has co-convened multi-stakeholder roundtables to identify and reduce the social and environmental impacts of such products as salmon, soy, sugarcane, and cotton and helped draft the RSPO principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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