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15 - Living Wages in International Supply Chains and the Capability Approach

Towards a Conceptual Framework

from Part III - The Application Frontier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2018

Flavio Comim
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Shailaja Fennell
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
P. B. Anand
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
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