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Export Credits in Asia: The Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation

2002-07-01
Stephen Frost
 
 
As discussed in much more detail elsewhere in this issue, export credit agencies provide credit insurance (and loans) to enterprises doing business overseas. Although private companies (such as EULER and HERMES, CNA, Eurofactor, and Hiscox) sometimes provide these services, credit insurance and loans are more often provided by public - government-backed - agencies.
 
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Toys, Wages and Retail Prices

2002-04-01
Stephen Frost
 
 
Toys are big business. If we include computer games, the industry accounts for over $71 billion (all currency in this article is in US dollars) annually in retail sales. This is the equivalent of every child on earth spending $34 per year on toys – ranging from a high of $372 in North America to a low of $1 in Africa. In the United States, where over 40 per cent of all toys are consumed, retailers shift over three billion units per year comprising over 125,000 separate designs.
 
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Trade union research agendas in a globalising Asia

2002-01-07

Rene Ofreneo, Melisa Serrano and Stephen Frost

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Australian Auto Workers Halt A$17 Billion Industry

2001-10-01

Stephen Frost

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MONITORING MATTEL IN CHINA

2001-02-01

Stephen Frost and May Wong

This is an edited version of the full report available from AMRC for US$20

Recently the Asia Monitor Resource Center published a report which assessed the way in which Mattel monitors its code of conduct. We called it Monitoring Mattel: Codes of conduct, workers and toys in southern China, and in it we tried to show the limitations inherent in the implementation and monitoring of codes in China (and perhaps elsewhere). We discussed many issues, but here I want to raise three of our major themes.

 

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ONLINE CODES OF CONDUCT

2001-02-01

Stephen Frost

Most codes of conduct are too long for us to include in this issue, but many are online. If you can access these sites you can judge for yourself whether the corporate world is taking the issue of workers' rights seriously. This list does not include all companies with a code of conduct online, but it gives a range, both of sector and approach. It's worth noting that in our experience in the toy, footwear and garment sectors that most companies with an online presence do not post a code of conduct.

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UNION BUSTING IN AUSTRALIA: INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS VERSUS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

2000-11-01

Stephen Frost

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MIGRANTS AND SOCIAL WELFARE IN AUSTRALIA

2000-09-01

Stephen Frost

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FROM SECURITY TO UNCERTAINTY - LABOUR AND WELFARE REFORM IN CHINA

2000-09-01

Apo Leong and Stephen Frost

Guangzhou municipal government has earmarked 60 million yuan1 over three years to entice students back to the city from overseas. Each returnee will be granted 100,000 yuan1 with which to 'start up or invest in special enterprises'. China Daily, 18 May 2000.

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