1 Reading on “global commodity chains” and sweatshop labor What happens in global commodity chains? Production of shoes, clothes, toys, consumer electronics Design Factory investment, ownership, & management Manufacturing (some call “sweatshop labor”) Marketing Where does each function take place? Core? Semi-periphery? Periphery? Which functions command the biggest share of the profits?
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Reading on “global commodity chains” and sweatshop labor
What happens in global commodity chains? Production of shoes, clothes, toys, consumer electronics
Improving infant survival 1978: 41 deaths per 1,000 live births 2005: 23
Major drop in absolute poverty Between 1990 and 2004 the number of people living on a dollar per
day fell by 246 million, while total population rose by over 156 million.
Growth has helped to lift several hundred million people out of absolute poverty, with the result that China alone accounted for over 75 percent of poverty reduction in the developing world over the last 20 years.
Social Implications of China’s Economic Reforms Symptoms of a “19th-Century-style” capitalism
Large and growing income inequality 1983: 0.28 (gini coefficient) 2001: 0.447
Environmental degradation China has 20 of the world's 30 most polluted cities, largely due
to high coal use and motorization. Lack of protection for vulnerable social groups