Books and reports

October 2011

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   Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM). Seventh edition (includes CD-ROM)

   14 October 2011

   This valuable wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. The Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) offers the general user with instant and uncomplicated access to data and analysis on the world's labour markets.

August 2009

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   Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy

   26 August 2009

   PRAISE FOR FORCED LABOR "Excellent. . . . This state-of-the-art volume provides a first-rate analysis of the dynamics leading to the occurrence of forced labour, its global distribution,and different types of policy responses." -Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London. Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12.3 million people are subjected to modern forms of forced labor - in rich countries, as well as poor ones. The authors of Forced Labor present state-of-the-art research on the manifestations of these slavery-like practices, why they continue to survive, and how they can be eliminated.

October 2008

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   Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   08 October 2008

   This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their employment conditions...

February 2008

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   Key indicators of the labour market (Fifth edition) with interactive CD-ROM (Trilingual English/French/Spanish)

   04 February 2008

   KILM provides a valuable, wide-ranging reference tool to meet the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. It includes all the basic statistics used to calculate 20 key labour market indicators allowing researchers to compare and contrast between economies and within regions across time. The fifth edition of the KILM also includes interactive software which makes searching for relevant information quick and simple.

November 2007

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   Trade union responses to globalization. A review by the Global Union Research Network

   12 November 2007

   Bringing together papers from some of the leading national and international experts from the Global Union Research Network (GURN), this book provides a valuable overview of how trade unions around the world are responding to globalization.

February 2007

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   Trade and employment: Challenges for policy research

   19 February 2007

   This study provides an impartial view of what can be said, on the relationship between trade and employment, an often contentious issue of public debate. Its focus is on the connections between trade policies, and labour and social policies. It is the outcome of collaborative research between the secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Labour Office (ILO), addressing such issues tha concern both organizations.

January 2007

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   Flexicurity: A relevant approach in Central and Eastern Europe

   25 January 2007

   This book argues, with case studies contributed by outstanding national experts, that the flexicurity approach is the most relevant for Central and Eastern European countries and suggests appropriate reforms of economic policy, institutional framework of the labour market, labour market policy and education and social policies in this region.