Books and reports

May 2011

1. 

   The challenges of growth, employment and social cohesion. Joint ILO-IMF conference in cooperation with the office of the Prime Minister of Norway

   19 May 2011

   The ILO-IMF Conference on "The Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion" held in September 2010 in Oslo, took place at a significant time in recovery, when job creation was insufficient in many countries, global unemployment - especially among youth - reached its highest level ever and the current globalization model failed to serve the global public interest.

November 2003

1. Concepts and strategies for combating social exclusion. An overview

   05 November 2003

   Explores how the concept of social exclusion has emerged and how it responded to the socio-economic changes of the 1970s. Examines the manifestations of exclusion at the individual, group, social and spatial levels and discusses difficulties in its measurement and analysis. Reviews strategies for combating exclusion and identifies approaches which have been shown to give positive results.

December 1998

1. Social exclusion: An ILO perspective (RS 111)

   07 December 1998

   Explores the relevance and value of the notion of social exclusion in a global context.

January 1997

1. Social exclusion: Rhetoric, reality, responses

   15 January 1997

   This book comprises conceptual essays, literature reviews, and empirical studies focusing on the nature, magnitude and causes of exclusion. Explores the value of understanding poverty, deprivation and inequality in terms of the social exclusion of individuals and groups from sources of livelihood and from citizenship rights.

May 1996

1. Social exclusion from a welfare rights perspective in India (RS 106)

   09 May 1996

   Explores the economic, social and political factors that have caused exclusion from fulfilment of basic needs with respect to education, health, housing, water supply, sanitation and social security.

2. Goals for social integration and realities of social exclusion in the Republic of Yemen (RS 105)

   09 May 1996

   This book is part of a series which describes and analyses trends within countries in terms of patterns and processes of social exclusion of individuals and groups from sources of livelihood and from citizen-ship rights. The concept of social exclusion is a com-plex one but it has recent-ly become central in Western European policy dis-course. The present series examines its applicability in countries at various levels of development and with various forms of integration into the world economy. It also considers implications of this perspective for the design of development policy.

3. Poverty and social exclusion in Tanzania (RS 109)

   09 May 1996

4. Economic transition and social exclusion in Russia (RS 108)

   09 May 1996

   Using a small sample survey data collected in Siberia, examines the ways in which social exclusion is developing as the transition to a market economy takes place in Russia.

5. Challenging social exclusion. Rights and livelihood in Thailand (RS 107)

   09 May 1996

   Contains three chapters which explore the social and structural dimensions of social exclusion in Thailand, and three case studies. The case studies explore social exclusion as related to peasants' land rights, slum dwellers housing rights, and workers' rights in the textile industry.