Integrazione economica internazionale, povertà, standard sociali, diritti umani

Abstract

The use of import barriers against low-cost manufactures by developing countries, as a tool to force them to adopt better social and labor standards, is politically unfeasible and may indeed induce more poverty and backwardness. Similarly these imports barriers as a defence of unskilled workers’ income in rich countries is both ineffective and contrary to a proper path of dynamic comparative advantages. Some public aid conditionally may be helpful in encouraging the adoption of better social standards in recipient countries. JEL Codes: F13, O10

Keywords

• Import barriers
• Social and labour standards
• Backwardness
• Public aid