Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
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The outcomes of the NIDL are also highly gendered
,
and there is
consensus that it is low-skilled female workers embedded in global
supply chains working for meagre piece rates with no rights, that
have gained the least from economic globalization.
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International agencies and NGOs are placing increasing pressure on
MNCs to be more socially responsible and work towards the univer-
sal goal of providing social protection and decent work.
further
reading
Good introductions on the impacts of the NIDL on the global South are
provided by Williams et al. (2009)
Geographies of Developing Areas
(Chapter 4) and Mackinnon and Cumbers'
An Introduction to Economic
Geography, Globalization, Uneven Development and Place
(2007). A
more theoretical analysis of the gendering of export-oriented produc-
tion is given by Afshar and Barrientos in
Women, Globalization and
Fragmentation in the Developing World
(1999)
,
while more recent
research can be found in Oxfam's 2004 report,
Trading away our rights:
women working in global supply chains
(download available from www.
oxfam.org.uk) and Nalia Kabeer's (2008a) essay in the IPC's
Poverty in
Focus
, Issue 13, on 'Gender Equality'. Ruth Pearson's (2007) article in
Third World Quarterly
provides critical reflection on gender and CSR.
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