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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.
The book can be accessed in two ways:
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You can read and/or download the
complete book, which is a file of 227 kB; or:
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You can select the chapter or paragraph of your choice
from the following Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
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1. Transnationals as saviours
of the environment?
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2. The North and the South in
the global environment debate
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3. Involvement in the international
environmental problem
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4. The Third World as alternative
location
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5. Environmental technology as
solution
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6. Are environmental policies
focused on sustainable development?
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7. The inaccessible transnational
corporation
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8. Trade and the environment:
the transition from GATT to WTO
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9. Conclusion
Appendices:
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GATT and the patenting of life
forms
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The Global Environmental Facility
(GEF)
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References
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Bibliographic Information
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