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Part 1 Introduction - the corporate spread: foreign direct investment;why TNCs are different; the poor; size; gain or loss?; employment; dualeconomies; transfer pricing; services. Part 2 Why poor countries "want"the corporations: globalization and liberalization; privatization;debt; subtle pressure; the aid connection. Part 3 The agri-corporations- from production to trade: seeds; patents; protests in India; geneticengineering; bio-piracy; trade; cereals; land; pesticide effects;Bhopal; questioning pesticides; obsolete pesticides; health problems.Part 4 Agri-commodities take their toll: tobacco; impact on the poor;health; a family burden; land degradation; alternatives; baby foods;the code; monitoring; non-traditional export crops; consequences;further constraints; floriculture. Part 5 Extracting logs and fish:forests; Asia and the Pacific; Latin America; Africa; fisheries;European Union and Africa; India; regulation. Part 6 Mining the poor:the companies; effects; Grasberg; Bougainville and Lihir; gold;culture; women - the impact; Philippines - government action;responsible mining. Part 7 Manufactured goods - poverty amidst theglitz: toys; footwear; clothes; carpets - child labour; exportprocessing zones. Part 8 Energy - the costly double of oil and water:damning the poor; Victoria; Pergau; Bakun; oil and the poor; NigerDelta; Oriente. Part 9 Tourism - the great illusion: three branches;but is it development?; regulation. Part 10 Health - a corporate pillthat is hard to swallow: promotion; antibiotics; vitamins andstimulants; donations; transfer pricing; generic drugs; discreditingcritics. Part 11 The corporate persuaders: influencing the UN; tamingUNCTAD; World Trade Organization; relations with the public. Part 12Tackling the power: regulation; producers; consumers; shareholders; NGOactivity; corporate behaviour; conclusion.