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Global Supply Chains in Chinese Industrialization: Impact on Waste Scavenging in Developing Countries

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  • Martin Medina

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China has undergone remarkable economic growth spearheaded by industrialization. Chinese industry demands a wide variety of raw materials in increasing amounts in order to manufacture all kinds of products. Industrial demand exceeds domestic supply for several materials. Thus, China needs to import raw materials. In order to satisfy its needs, China has developed global supply chains, which link two apparently separate worlds: its industry and millions of scavengers that recover recyclable materials from waste in developing countries.

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  • Martin Medina, 2011. "Global Supply Chains in Chinese Industrialization: Impact on Waste Scavenging in Developing Countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2011-078, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2011-078
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    1. Beenish Malik & Novel Lyndon & Yew Wong Chin, 2020. "Health Status and Illness Experiences of Refugee Scavengers in Pakistan," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(1), pages 21582440209, March.

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