The global labour standards controversy [electronic resource] : critical issues for developing countries / Ajit Singh and Ann Zammit. Global labor standards controversy : critical issues for developing countries Singh, Ajit. Zammit, Ann. South Centre (Independent Commission of the South on Development Issues) Labor laws and legislation Developing countries. Globalization Economic aspects. Foreign trade and employment. Wages Effect of international trade on. HD6961 331.1 SGL "November 2000." Title from web page (viewed Feb. 3, 2004). Includes bibliographical references. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Addresses the argument that trade with developing countries is the main source of the troubles afflicting large numbers of workers in the North and that low wages in developing countries give those countries an unfair competitive edge over business in the North. Does not argue against striving to achieve core or other labour standards in developing countries, but rather it aims to show that making labour standards compulsory is a deeply flawed way to achieve this goal. Attempts to clarify the analytical, empirical, and policy issues involved in the international debate on this subject and goes on to outline a constructive way forward, which would help improve labour standards both in the North and the South. This involves the promotion of a new route to global economic integration which is more helpful for labour, both in developing and advanced countries, than are the current globalization processes. Geneva, Switzerland : South Centre, 2000. 2000. 2000 Text xvii, 81 p. : http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6365442 eng Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. South perspectives South perspectives. Also available in print version. Also available in print version. Developing countries.