%0 PDF %T Theorizing the Economics of E-Waste Trade: Issues, Analysis and Strategies %A Relhan, Gaurav %8 2005-06-20 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/tx31qv34r %X Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: To many a perceptive mind, the trade in E-Waste products should ideally be termed 'illegal' in view of the social hazards and moral shortcomings involved in exporting used, unreliable ICT equipment to developing countries, and consequently exposing marginalized workers to health hazards. But in the face of lax regulations imposed by E-Waste trading nations and only ad-hoc attempts made to curtail E-Waste trade, such is the magnitude of this unregulated waste flow, that it may actually be characterized in quantitative terms as 'free' trade, despite multilateral treaties which regulate trade in 'hazardous' products. This thesis investigates through trade economics the assumption that the economic gains harvested by e-waste exchanging partners are welfare-enhancing enough that it becomes economically viable to condone the environmental and social costs borne by E-Waste receiving nations. In other words, this thesis explores whether E-Waste trade does in fact bring overall mutual economic gains to participating economies, thereby providing a logic behind lax regulation by governments. %G eng %[ 2022-10-14 %9 text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution