Target poverty – stop corporate abuse

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Many multinational companies are now more powerful than some countries. Leaders of rich countries must ensure that companies don’t abuse the rights of poor people in developing countries by exploiting their corporate power.

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Kumuti Majh, a tribal elder of the Dongria Kondh tribe

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The Supreme Court of India has given clearance for a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, India.

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Two thirds of global trade is carried out by multinational companies.

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