Is there a human development framework that the decent work agenda can be linked to?Freedom can be seen as central to the conceptual framework with which the decent work agenda could be linked. Seen in this way, the achievement of goals in each dimension of decent work must result in the expanding of freedoms or the removal of un-freedoms in those dimensions. These achievements can also strengthen platforms in society for determining policy priorities. Decent work sees the achievement of certain rights for those who work as goals for societies to strive for. It can be characterised as an agenda consistent with a human development framework that has at its core development seen as freedom. |
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