Multinational corporations in the Pacific tuna industry

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The purpose of this report is to brief the Pacific Islands Conference with respect to the status of the Multinational Corporations in the Pacific Tuna Industry project (commonly known as the tuna project) being undertaken by the Pacific Islands Development Program.BACKGROUND -- PROJECT OBJECTIVES -- RESEARCH AREAS. 1. Overview: the Pacific tuna industry - 2. World tuna markets - 3. International business and foreign investment in the tuna industry - 4. Case studies - 5. Development options and issues -- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES -- DOCUMENTS/REPORTS PREPARED. 1. Research and related documents - 2. Field trip/back to office reports -- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- FUNDING. 1. East-West Center's contribution - 2. United Nations Development Program - 3. United Nations Center for Transnational Corporations - 4. Contributions from governments -- COLLABORATION. 1. Institutes and organisations --2. Governments -- STAFFING -- RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS -- PROBLEM AREAS

Development and change : issue papers : Pacific Islands Conference Rarotonga, Cook Islands, August 1985

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Contents: Government policy and the destiny of Pacific Islands / I.Q. Lasaqa -- Planning for Pacific societies of the 21st century / Rodney V. Cole -- Pacific Islands: 21st century and beyond / James A. Dator -- Under pressure: population growth and urbanization in the Pacific / John Connell -- Impact and planning of large resource development projects / Sam Pintz, Jim Rizer -- Pacific Islands' health and nutrition: trends and areas for action / R.R. Thaman -- Health in the Pacific Islands / Richard Taylor -- Youth in the Pacific: an available, untapped resource / Samuela Vanini -- Youth: a time of conflict in the Pacific / Nutan Shalini Maharaj -- Effects of urban drift on Pacific youth / Gilbert Veisamasama -- Pacific youth: victims of changing society / Lucy Savu -- Private sector's role in Pacific Island economies / W. Dennis Rose