Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Corporate Solution to Global PovertyCondition: NewSubtitle: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own LegitimacyISBN-10: 0691122296EAN: 9780691122298ISBN: 9780691122298Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/02/2006Description: World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet it persists. Indeed, in many countries whose governments lack either the desire or the ability to act, poverty has worsened. This book, a joint venture of a Harvard professor and an economist with the International Finance Corporation, argues that the solution lies in the creation of a new institution, the World Development Corporation (WDC), a partnership of multinational corporations (MNCs), international development agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty, George Lodge and Craig Wilson assert that MNCs have the critical combination of capabilities required to build investment, grow economies, and create jobs in poor countries, and thus to reduce poverty. Furthermore, they can do so profitably and thus sustainably. But they lack legitimacy and risk can be high, and so a collective approach is better than one in which an individual company proceeds alone. Thus a UN-sponsored WDC, owned and managed by a dozen or so MNCs with NGO support, will make a marked difference.At a time when big business has been demonized for destroying the environment, enjoying one-sided benefits from globalization, and deceiving investors, the book argues, MNCs have much to gain from becoming more effective in reducing global poverty. This is not a call for philanthropy. Lodge and Wilson believe that corporate support for the World Development Corporation will benefit not only the world's poor but also company shareholders as a result of improved MNC legitimacy and stronger markets and profitability.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 425gAuthor: George Lodge, Craig WilsonGenre: Business & FinanceTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty
Title: A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty
Subtitle: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Leg
ISBN-10: 0691122296
EAN: 9780691122298
ISBN: 9780691122298
Release Date: 04/02/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Business & Finance
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Corporate Solution to Global Poverty : How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Legitimacy
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Business Ethics, Developing & Emerging Countries, Globalization, Poverty & Homelessness, Development / Economic Development, International / General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2006
Item Weight: 15 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Craig Wilson, George Lodge
Item Length: 9.4 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Hardcover
