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Capital Mobility in Automotive Sector in Thailand

January 1, 2012 in Research, Research Report

Capital Mobility Research Paper Series No 4 By Woradul Tularak   Introduction The automotive sector in Thailandhad been built under the government’s industry protection policy. In early 1960s the industry was protected by an import substitution and industrialization strategy which included a local content requirement programme. In response to this policy, Japanese auto companies expanded Read more [...]

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Preliminary Report on China’s going Global Strategy: A Labour, Environment, and Hong Kong Perspective

January 1, 2012 in Research Report

Capital Mobility Research Paper Series No 3 By Au Loong Yu and Kevin Li (Globalization Monitor) Globalization Monitor, Hong KongSince the turn of the century Chinahas already become a significant player of out-flowing FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), FPI (Foreign Portfolio Investment) and an international world lender. This is against the background of China’s proclamation of seeking a ‘peaceful Read more [...]

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Capital Mobility in the Philippine Automotive Industry and its Impact on Workers

January 1, 2012 in Research Report

Capital Mobility Research Paper Series No 2 By Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) Philippines ABSTRACT The Philippine automotive industry has many links to the global auto assembly and auto parts industry, but for the most part it has been unable to benefit from trade and investment liberalization measures, aimed at developing the industry over the past 60 years. Read more [...]

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Trends in Japan’s Direct Overseas Investments and their Impact on Asian Workers

January 1, 2012 in Research Report

(Please download the PDF version for the full paper with tables) PDF version: Download Capital Mobility Research Paper Series No 1 By KANEKO Fumio and TONO Haruhi Yokohama Action Research, Japan Introduction The Japanese economy has remainedin aslump since the 1990s, and the number of employees in the manufacturing sector is decreasing. The rate of part-time, irregular workers is on the rise, Read more [...]

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Report on the Second Capital Mobility Reseachers’ Meeting

January 1, 2012 in Research Report, Researchers Meeting

This meeting took place 6 months after the first researchers meeting and it was along with ATNC Annual conference in the Philippines in September 2010. Following the meeting earlier, the researchers investigated the financialisation process in two sectors namely automotive and electronics. And those findings were shared and discussed in the second meeting. As shown in this report, the researchers Read more [...]

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Report on the First Capital Mobility Reseachers’ Meeting

January 1, 2012 in Research Report, Researchers Meeting

This meeting was facilitated by AMRC to bring together NGOs, trade unions and activists from 10 countries in Asia to discusses the significance and trend of capital mobility, covering the situation before and after the global financial crisis. The discussion exercises over arching issues of mobile capital in East Asia, including financialisation of the economy, global supply chains and trends in policy Read more [...]

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