Executive Summary for 'In defence of labour market institutions: Cultivating justice in the
developing world' 07 April 2008 - Though labour market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, the evidence on which this argument rests is weak. Rather than constraining economic development, labour market institutions, including the laws that regulate the labour market, are important for both economic growth as well as the well-being of the workforce. Through a survey of different labour market institutions in developing countries, this volume reaffirms the importance of labour market institutions in this era of globalization.
Achieving Policy Coherence 11 October 2007 - Relevant paragraph of the report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization on policy coherence
Growth, Investment and Decent Work in South Asia:
The Need for Strengthening Policy Coherence - [pdf 5007 KB] 05 September 2007 - A collection of papers commissioned to various authors to share respective country experiences and highlight the aspects of policy coherence and policy sequencing they consider relevant in understanding the relationships between growth, investment and decent work, the trade-offs and the synergies.
World Publics Welcome Global Trade - but not Immigration 10 April 2007 - This document reports on the result of a global attitude survey that was carried out in 47 countries with more than 45,000 people by the Pew Research Centre Global Attitudes Project. The survey found that the publics of the world broadly embrace key tenets of economic globalization but fear the disruptions and downsides of participating in the global economy. It also reports that globalization is only one of several wide-ranging social and economic forces that are rapidly reshaping the world
From Pilot to Decent Work Country Programme - Lessons from the Decent Work Pilot Programme - [pdf 1725 KB] 01 May 2006 - This publication is a contribution to office-wide institutional learning on ILO county programmes. The Decent Work Pilot Programme was initiated by the Director-General to pioneer ways to effectively promote and apply decent work in ILO member countries. The practical experience of working with constituents, field and headquarters units in eight member countries has been rich in lessons. ...
Technical Brief No. 1: Labour Shares - [pdf 488 KB] 01 January 2005 - This brief examines the decline in labour shares over the past few decades. Several studies provide evidence that many aspects of globalization, in particular financial openness and financial crises, have contributed to this decline.
Dialogues in Asia 01 January 2004 - This ILO volume brings together the proceedings of the dialogues on the social
dimension of globalization organized by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
in collaboration with the secretariat of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization.
Reports on the Knowledge Network Meetings - [pdf 1005 KB] 01 January 2004 - The Secretariat of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Gloablization collaborated with outside experts on papers that collected and interpreted facts and perceptions relating to the social dimension of globalization.
It established "knowledge networks" involving the authors of these papers as well as other experts, including those in the multilateral system. ...
International labour standards and the informal economy - [pdf 263 KB] 01 January 2004 - This essay, in honour of Nicolas Valticos, talks about the new
challenges presented by the informal economy to the contribution that international labour standards can make to achieving the goal of social justice and decent work for all.
Qualitative Indicators of Labour Standards - Comparative Methods and Applications
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