International Businesses and the Challenges of Poverty in the Developing World

IDA MUTOIGO is Team Leader for East and Southern Africa for the Christian Reformed World Relief CommitteeROBERT NIXON is a Partner in Universalia Management GroupBILL BUENAR PUPLAMPU is Senior Lecturer at the School of Administration, University of GhanaSAMUEL SEJJAAKA is a Senior Lecturer at the Makerere University Business School, UgandaGAIL WHITEMAN is Assistant Professor of Business-Society Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands

• Introduction; F.Bird & S.Herman Ethical Reflections on the Challenges Facing International Businesses in Developing Areas; F.Bird Wealth and Poverty in the Niger Delta: A Study of the Experiences of Shell in Nigeria; F.Bird A Political and Economic History of Ghana, 1957-2003; B.B.Puplampu Capacity Building, Asset Development and Corporate Values: A Study of Three International Firms in Ghana; B.B.Puplampu A Political and Economic History of Uganda, 1962-2002; S.Sejjaaka From Seed to Leaf: British American Tobacco and Supplier Relations in Uganda; S.Sejjaaka Seeking a Better Connection: Mobile Telecommunications Network and Social Responsibility in Uganda; I.Mutoigo & S.Sejjaaka A Short Economic History of Vietnam, 1945-1985; S.Herman Forming Social Capital from the Bottom Up: The Emergent Private Sector in Vietnam, 1986-2002; S.Herman Developing Social Capital through Human Resources: 'Vietsani' and the Future of Western Management; S.Herman Forestry, Gold Mining and Amerindians: The Troubling Example of Samling in Guyana; G.Whiteman Collaboration and Cultural Difference: The Raglan Mine and Nunavik Inuit; F.Bird & R.Nixon International Trade as a Vehicle for Reducing Poverty: The Body Shop's Community Trade Programme; F.Bird