Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy

Jenkins, Rhys; Barton, Jonathan R.; Bartzokas, Anthony; Hesselberg, Jan; Knutsen, Hege Merete

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“…This includes many manufacturers and service companies whose products must be tailored to specific customer requirements that vary by country. Countries with important natural resources hold special interest for certain kinds of businesses (Jenkins et al 2002). An abundance of educated and skilled labor can attract business to a country, as Ireland and India have learned.…”

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The Social Economics of Globalization

Tiemstra

2007

Forum for Social Economics

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The Social Economics of Globalization

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2007

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“…On the other hand, standards set in export markets may serve as a spur to social and environmental progress for developing country exporters. European retailers have played a crucial role in transmitting information and incentives to their overseas suppliers, as shown in studies of the cut-fl ower industry (Hughes, 2000), fruit production in Brazil (van der Grijp et al, 2005) and the leather industry in India, Pakistan and elsewhere (Tewari and Pillari, 2005;Khan et al, 2002;Jenkins et al, 2002).…”

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“…Empirical evidence has provided little support for this hypothesis; a common conclusion is that the pollution haven effect is minor at best, and that the costs of compliance with environmental regulations are usually too small to determine plant location (Jenkins et al, 2002;Copeland and Taylor, 2003;Brunnermeier and Levinson, 2004;Copeland and Taylor, 2004). Other factors such as natural resource availability, labour costs and adequacy of infrastructure are more likely to be decisive.…”

Section: Standards Exports and Developmentmentioning

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“…Other factors such as natural resource availability, labour costs and adequacy of infrastructure are more likely to be decisive. Some researchers have reported, however, that with careful statistical technique they fi nd evidence for the pollution haven hypothesis (Jenkins et al, 2002;Copeland and Taylor, 2003;Brunnermeier and Levinson, 2004;Copeland and Taylor, 2004). For most of ACP's REACH exports, the location of production is determined by the location of valuable deposits of ores and minerals; thus the pollution haven questions may not directly apply.…”

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Implications of REACH for developing countries

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The new European Union (EU) chemicals regulation, the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals, or REACH, went into effect in 2007. In the extensive advance discussion of the expected impacts of REACH, questions were raised about the effects of this new chemical policy on developing countries. In particular, will it harm the economies of the group of African, Caribbean and Pacifi c (ACP) countries that historically have been connected to Europe? We found, in brief, that there are only limited, isolated cases where REACH could be problematical for ACP exporters. Almost all ACP exports subject to REACH face insignifi cant obstacles from the new regulation.

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“…Themes such as ‘race to the bottom’, ‘pollution havens’, ‘source‐and‐hide’ and ‘regulatory chill’ relating to foreign investment have been central to these discussions, as have the roles of the WTO and environmental provisions in trade and investment agreements (Barton, 1997; Neumayer, 2001). There is certainly complexity and uncertainty regarding the impacts of different processes, products and firm types at different levels of analysis for different industrial branches and products; although the factors of scale, composition, process and market orientation would appear to be all‐important in this regard (Jenkins et al ., 2002).…”

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Eco‐dependency in Latin America

Barton

2006

Singap J Trop Geogr

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This article develops an argument around the perpetuation of socioeconomic development models based on non-renewable natural resource exploitation, weak management and regulation of renewables and the deterioration in environmental quality across different natural resources. It concludes that the structural constraints pointed out during the 1940-80 period by the dependentistas (advocates of the various theorizations of dependency) and to a lesser extent the cepalista structuralists (policy analysts at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) were alive and well in Latin America in the period 1980-2000. A theoretical case is made for the political economy reading of dependency into the realm of natural resources and environmental issues. It is argued that Latin American history and the region's more contemporary insertion into the global political economy has been determined by its use of natural resources and ongoing degradation of diverse environments. The conclusions emphasize the importance of responding to this historical condition, recognizing the concerns of the structuralists of the 1940s and 1950s and the threats highlighted by the dependentistas in the 1970s, but through the lens of contemporary changes.(2003: 25) notes with respect to employment; 'the unjust system of international trade has done little more than worsen affairs'. One can also make similar assertions relating to environmental impacts. Stiglitz (2003: 23) also states clearly:The maintenance of stability in a highly unstable environment, with enormous fluctuations in exchange rates and basic product prices, is not an easy task. Countries will have to learn to manage these risks, also by diversifying their basic products.

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Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy

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