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Globalization and the Nations of the South: Plan for Development or Path to Marginalization

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Differences between the countries of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres recommend drastic changes in political, economic, and social attitudes, especially among the nations of the North. Especially significant is their influence on the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization and their resulting imposition of policies favorable to their own interests at the cost of those of the Southern nations.

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    Frank Paul Le Veness

  2. Niagara University, New York, U.S.A.

    Marilynn Fleckenstein

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Le Veness, F.P., Fleckenstein, M. Globalization and the Nations of the South: Plan for Development or Path to Marginalization. Journal of Business Ethics 47, 365–380 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027322222049

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