The Key East Asia's Export Success

The Key East Asia’s Export Success

The East Asian newly industrialized countries (NICs) have been uniquely successful in using export-ori- ented industrialization as a route to ...
IN PURSUIT OF PROFIT A Primer on the New Transnational Investment

IN PURSUIT OF PROFIT A Primer on the New Transnational Investment

Transnational corporations touch our lives in a multitude of ways. They make most of the clothes we wear, the food ...
In the Name of Fashion: Exploitation in the Garment Industry

In the Name of Fashion: Exploitation in the Garment Industry

As you read this article, there is a good chance that you or someone close to you is wearing clothing ...
Letters

Letters

Cuba Coverage I was very impressed with your report on Cuba [Sept/Oct, 1995]. It was broad and comprehensive, giving the ...
The Mechanics of Brazil's Auto Industry

The Mechanics of Brazil’s Auto Industry

In April, 1994, the vice-president of General Motors of Brazil (GMB) made a special appearance on prime-time television. Instead of ...
The Gender Wars

The Gender Wars

In July of last year, several mem- bers of the Argentine planning committee that had drawn up the guidelines for ...
Newsbriefs

Newsbriefs

LEFT ESTABLISHES ITS PRESENCE IN GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS DECEMBER 4, 1995 Held amidst continuing insta- bility and an unresolved civil war, ...
The GAP and the Sweatshop Labor in El Salvador

The GAP and the Sweatshop Labor in El Salvador

My name is Judith Yanira Viera. I am from El Salvador and I am 18 years old. For over a ...