Publications
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Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth
07 December 2012
The Global Wage Report 2012/13 looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It includes global and regional wage trends and statistics, as well as policy recommendations.
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Gender Equality and Decent Work: Selected ILO Conventions and Recommendations that promote gender equality as of 2012
17 October 2012
This guide provides the text of some of the key Conventions for promoting gender equality in the world of work
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Labour in the Global South: Challenges and alternatives for workers
20 September 2012
“Labour in the global South is an exciting contribution to the new field of global labour studies. It identifies in ten clearly written chapters the innovative and creative responses to the challenges facing labour worldwide.” −Edward Webster, University of Kassel, Germany, and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Forthcoming
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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.
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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.
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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.
Flagship reports
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Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth
December 2012The report looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis, giving a unique picture of wage trends and relative purchasing power across the world and by region and providing policy recommendations.
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World of Work Report 2012: Better Jobs for a Better Economy
May 2012Published annually by the International Institute for Labour Studies - the research arm of the ILO - the report presents a timely, in-depth discussion of work issues in a non-technical manner, based on new data and economic analysis and with full technical annexes.
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Global Employment Trends 2012
January 2012The 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.
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Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization
October 2011Report of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group chaired by Michelle Bachelet. In many ways the power of the social protection floor lies in its simplicity. The floor is based on the idea that everyone should enjoy at least basic income security sufficient to live ...
Key resources
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Key indicators of the labour market (KILM)
October 2011
Seventh edition (includes CD-ROM)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 KILM offers the general user with instant and uncomplicated access to data and analysis on the world's labour markets.
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Regulating for Decent Work
June 2011
New directions in labour market regulationFirst in the series Advances in Labour Studies, this book is an international and interdisciplinary response to the neoliberal ideologies that have shaped labour market regulation in recent decades. It draws on contributions by leading experts across a range of disciplines, including economics, law, political science and industrial relations.
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LABORDOC
Labordoc contains references to a wide range of print and electronic publications, including journal articles, from countries around the world, on all aspects of work and sustainable livelihoods, and the work-related aspects of economic and social developments and human rights. Labordoc provides an ever increasing number of links to online publications available on the internet.
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See also
Catalogues
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Catalogue
ILO Publications 2012 (Trilingual)
February 2012Catalogue: English, French and Spanish titles
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