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The Elusive Saviours

Transnational Corporations and Sustainable Development

by Hans Heerings (CONTRAST Advies) and Ineke Zeldenrust (SOMO)


This book presents a critical examination of the role transnational corporations play in promoting world-wide sustainable development. It was published in print in June 1995 by International Books in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
A Dutch translation of this book is also available.

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Table of Contents


1. Transnationals as saviours of the environment?
2. The North and the South in the global environment debate
3. Involvement in the international environmental problem
4. The Third World as alternative location
5. Environmental technology as solution
6. Are environmental policies focused on sustainable development?
7. The inaccessible transnational corporation
8. Trade and the environment: the transition from GATT to WTO
9. Conclusion

Appendices:

  1. GATT and the patenting of life forms
  2. The Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
  3. References
  4. Bibliographic Information

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