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Decent work issues and policies

Philippe Egger
Werner Sengenberger

Contents

Introduction

1. Decent work as an aspiration of people

Aspirations as against realities
All things to all people ?
A decent work threshold ?

2. Decent work as a set of internationally defined objectives

3. Social and economic dividends of decent work

Decent work, social justice and peace
Decent work and enterprise competitiveness

4. Policies for decent work

A rights-based approach to development
Full-employment policies
Inclusive labour market policies
Performance work organization
Broad social protection
Sustained social dialogue

5. Development sequences and institutions

Vicious and virtuous development sequences
Labour market institutions
Institutions and change

6. Institutions and interlinkages for decent work

The growth and employment nexus
The labour market nexus
The rights and voice nexus

7. Implications for the ILO

Policies are not only of governments
Measurement of decent work
Pilot programme on decent work
International development cooperation and decent work

8. Tentative conclusions

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