Tourism development has been hailed by the International Financial
Institutions (IFIs--World Bank, International Monetary Fund) and the
World Trade Organization as a means for economic gain by creating jobs
and enabling states to earn foreign exchange to invest in development.
It has also been a strategy used in economically disadvantaged regions
of the U.S. This article explores the often overlooked negative impacts
of the strategy.

This article presents an overview of the U.S. poultry industury, its impacts of global trade, women, livelihoods and the environment.