Trade, Globalization and Sustainability Impact Assessment: A Critical Look at Methods and Outcomes

Trade, Globalization and Sustainability Impact Assessment: A Critical Look at Methods and Outcomes
ISBN-10
1849773424
ISBN-13
9781849773423
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
367
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Earthscan
Authors
Paul Ekins, Tancrède Voituriez

Description

Trade liberalization, as promoted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has become one of the dominant drivers and most controversial aspects of globalization. Trade sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) were introduced as a means of generating better understanding of the social and environmental impacts of trade liberalization and of making those impacts more consistent with sustainable development.

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