Forthcoming publications

Forthcoming

1. 

   Globalizing Social Rights: The International Labour Organization and beyond

   07 December 2012

   This collection brings together a variety of new scholarship by a group of highly qualified and internationally renowned scholars in the field of global history and the history of international organizations.

2. 

   Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development

   15 January 2013

   Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development seeks to provide a comprehensive, but non-technical, coverage of labour market issues in a developing country context to help policy-makers and other readers improve their capacity to understand these topics and develop appropriate and effective policy responses. This book is an invaluable reference for policy-makers in middle- and low-income countries as well as an ideal handbook for teachers and students of economics and development.

3. 

   Global Employment Trends 2013

   29 January 2013

   The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) reports provide the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market.

4. 

   Global Employment Trends for Women 2012

   30 January 2013

   Part of the Global Employment Trends series, this publication delivers the most current information on emerging trends and key challenges facing women in labour markets around the world.

5. 

   World Report on Child Labour 2012: Economic vulnerability, social protection and child labour

   15 February 2013

   How can we reduce child labour in the less favourable circumstances of a global economic slowdown?

6. Righting the Balance: Putting social justice first

   15 February 2013

   "Women and men without jobs or livelihoods really don’t care if their economies grow at 3, 5 or 10 per cent a year, if such growth leaves them behind and without protection. They do care whether their leaders and their societies promote policies to provide jobs and justice, bread and dignity, and freedom to voice their needs, their hopes and their dreams..." -Juan Somavia

7. 

   Public Sector Shock: The impact of policy retrenchment in Europe

   15 April 2013

   On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms.

8. Work Sharing during the Great Recession: New developments and beyond

   15 May 2013

   This volume presents the concept and history of work sharing, how it can be used as a strategy for preserving jobs and also its potential for increasing employment − including the complexities and trade-offs involved. Work-sharing programmes used during the Great Recession of 2008−09 are analysed for several European countries and other countries around the world.

9. The Labour Markets of Emerging Economies: Has growth translated into more and better jobs?

   15 May 2013

   This volume focuses on the labour market situation, trends and regulations in emerging economies, devoting attention to how they have dealt with both short-term issues, namely the global financial crisis, and longer-term structural challenges − as well as the gaps that still remain.