Belser, Patrick (Mr.)

Work Unit	INTEGRATION/POLICY COHERENCE GROUP
Name	Patrick Belser
Title	Economist
Phone	+41 22 799 7125
Fax	+41 22 799 8044
Email	Belser@ilo.org

Educational and Professional Background

PhD in Economics (IDS, Sussex), previously working at the World Bank in Hanoi, Viet Nam, and later at Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in Bern.

Work in Progress

Measurement of decent work.

Forced labour and core labour standards in the global economy.

Selected Past Projects

• Computation of ILO first Global estimate of forced labour in the world, published in ILO report “A Global Alliance against Forced Labour” (ILO, 2005).
• Research projects on the determinants of sex trafficking; on the profits made with forced labour exploitation; on the methodologies for global and national estimation of human trafficking; and on the extent of discrimination against indigenous peoples in Peru and Bolivia;
• Technical cooperation projects to support fundamental principles and rights at work, and in particular the eradication of forced labour and discrimination, in Latin America (with special focus on Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay) and West Africa (especially Niger).

Major publications

• Belser P., de Cock M., and F. Mehran (2007). “Measuring Concealed Rights Violations: the Case of Forced Labour” in Kucera D., ed., Qualitative Indicators of Labour Standards, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
• Belser, P (2007). "Building a Global Alliance against Forced Labour", Global Social Policy, vol.7, no.I, April, Sage Publications, London.
• Kutnick B., Belser P. and G. Danailova-Trainor (2007). "Methodologies for Global and National Estimation of Human Trafficking Victims: Current and Future Approaches", Working paper no 29 InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Danailova-Trainor G. and P.Belser (2006). "Globalization and the Illicit Market for Human Trafficking: an Empirical Analysis of Supply and Demand", Working paper no 53 InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Working paper no 78, Policy Integration Department, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Belser P. (2005). "Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: Estimating the Profits", Working paper no 42, InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Belser P., de Cock M., and F. Mehran (2005). ILO Minimum Estimate of Forced Labour in the World, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland. Belser P. and D.Duarte (2005), “Movilizarse contra el trabajo forzoso” in Promover Los Principios y Derechos Fundamentales a Traves del Dialogo Social, Oficina Internacional del Trabajo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Belser P. (2004). "Le Nouvel esclavage à l’Ere de la Mondialisation", La Vie Economique, Revue de Politique Economique, Février, Berne
• Belser P. (2003). "Le Travail Forcé Aujourd’hui", La Pensée, no. 336, pp. 55-67, Paris.
• Belser P. and M. Rama (2001). "State Ownership and Labor Redundancy: Estimates Based on Enterprise-Level Data from Vietnam" World Bank Policy Research Paper 2599, Washington D.C.
• Belser P. (2001). "Trade, Labor Standards and Income Distribution; A Reappraisal", Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Electronic Library.
• Belser P. (2000). "Labour Standards and International Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis of Developing and Industrialized Countries, by Raynaud A. and Vidal J.-P. ", Book review, The Economic Journal, pp. 758-759, November.
• Belser P. (1999). "Vietnam: On the Road to Labor-intensive Growth?" World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2389, Washington D.C.
• Belser P. (1998). "Does Latin America & Caribbean Unemployment Depend on Asian Labor Standards?", Working Paper 380, Office of the Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.
• Belser P. (1998). "Globalization, International Labor Standards, and Multilateral Institutions", Background Paper for the Human Development Report 1999, UNDP, New York.
• Al-Samarrai S. and P. Belser (1998), "Education, Globalization, and the Low-Skill Trap", Background Paper for the Human Development Report 1999, UNDP, New York.
• Belser P. (1997). "Globalization, Consumers and Working Conditions", Background Paper for the Human Development Report 1998, UNDP, New York.