Ludo Cuyvers and Daniel Van Den Bulcke, 2006
Tasneem Siddiqui, 2005
S.R. Osmani, 2006
This paper describes the growth-poverty nexus through which the forces of globalization have affected poverty, and focuses on the impact of globalisation on employment.Francisco Alburquerque, 2007
David Kucera and Anne Chataigner, 2005
This paper describes how labour and social conditions fared in the face of the rapid economic growth and integration of Asia into global markets, focusing on the period since 1990 for 28 countries in the region. This paper also provides evidence bearing on widely discussed questions of policy import, such as how rapid economic growth and globalization affect workers.Maria Elena Valenzuela, 2005
This paper makes a valuable contribution to the debate over informality, which is seen alternatively as an opportunity for promising business start-ups and a poverty trap. With the spotlight on microenterprises, the authors’ insights reveal a more complex reality with important gender differences.Sophia Lawrence and Junko Ishikawa, 2005
This working paper discusses the main methodological considerations and some preliminary findings from social dialogue indicators, taking into account the variety of industrial relations systems. It documents the concepts and methods relating to the social dialogue indicators of trade union membership and collective bargaining coverage collected by the joint project during 2003 and 2004.Monique Zarka-Martres and Monique Guichard-Kelly, 2005
This paper presents a highly detailed and comprehensive method for constructing country profiles based on normative indicators as a tool for progress towards decent work. Country profiles on occupational safety and health (OSH) are available for a large number of countries.Catherine Vaillancourt-Laflamme, 2005
This paper, which forms part of a knowledge-sharing project on the informal economy, provides thought-provoking insights into the situation of Brazil workers in the context of urban Ecuador. Based on interviews, this paper examines ways to increase the voice and representation of informal economy actors as necessary steps in combating povertyAnne Chataigner, 2005
Gerry Rodgers, 2005
This paper explore some of the ways in which globalization might better serve social goals, drawing on the work of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. The author stresses the challenges posed by the disparity between countries in terms of levels of development and individuals in terms of levels of income.Richard N. Block, 2005
This paper proposes a methodology to measure differences in labour standards across countries. This methodology is used in a crossed country comparison developed to address both legal and labour market outcome aspects of a wide range of labour standards (minimum wages, social security…).Hussmanns, Ralf, 2005
The purpose of the present working paper is first to explain the international statistical definitions of employment in the informal sector and of informal employment (adopted by the ICLS in 1993 and 2003). The second target of this paper is to illustrate the practical application in household surveys of these definitions in providing examples of their translation into survey questions.David Kucera and Ritash Sarna, 2004
Including data for up to 162 countries, the paper uses a gravity trade model to estimate the effects of child labour and education on exports for the 1993 to 1999 period. This paper argues that there are two rather separate markets for unskilled labour, and children work in the less skilled of developing countries which is of limited relevance for the trade of manufactures.Joseph A. Ritter, 2005
The objective of this paper is to exploit The European Survey of Working Conditions (ESWC), which offers an unusual opportunity to address questions about a wide range of job characteristics such as workplace safety, stress, workplace relations and asocial hours. A second objective is to explore the link between job characteristics and “outcomes” such as pay and other employment conditions.David Kucera, 2004
The paper argues that the key bottleneck in improving indicators of trade union rights is the need for information sources that provide systematic and detailed information on trade union rights that is consistent both across countries and over time.Ren� Robert, 2005
This paper highlights the avenues open to African regional economic communities to strengthen socio-economic development. Foremost among these is reinforcing social dialogue and the social partners for their effective engagement. The author makes suggestions as to how the ILO and other institutions could facilitate this process in ECOWAS, which is politically open to it.Moazam Mahmood, 2005
This paper highlights the key interlinked areas for policy action that would enhance the ability of the Cambodian economy to generate work, would improve the productivity and conditions of work of the working poor and would move towards removing structural social discrimination and protecting the most vulnerable.L.J. Perry and Patrick J. Wilson, 2004
The paper describes in some detail the serious problems with missing strike activity data, with a large number of countries not collecting these data and a good many others collecting these data only intermittently. The paper makes recommendations as to the most cost-effective means of improving the collection of strike activity data.Moazam Mahmood, 2006