Publications

Trade Union common position paper: Building Back Better from COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

15 November 2021

A joint proposal from trade unions in Sri Lanka on: inclusive and sustainable actions that stimulate the economy and employment; support enterprises, jobs and incomes; protect workers in the world of work; and strengthen social dialogue underpinned by international labour standards, for a workers' agenda in 'Building Back Better from COVID-19'.

The Protection We Want: Social Outlook for Asia and the Pacific

15 October 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for well-functioning social protection systems in the region as never before. A new UN report reveals that despite their rapid socioeconomic ascent, most countries in the Asia-Pacific region have weak social protection systems riddled with gaps.

The cost of migration: What low-skilled migrant workers from Pakistan pay to work in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

23 August 2016

This report presents the findings of a survey on migration expenses that Pakistani workers paid to secure jobs in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The focus is on low-skilled migrants, who are the most vulnerable because of their low educational qualifications and limited asset base.

Minimum wage and its relevance to socio-economic progress in the Lao People's Democratic Republic : A workers' perspective

06 October 2015

This paper examines empirical aspects of the regulatory and institutional frameworks and the process of minimum wage adjustment in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, as well as its actual implementation in different sectors – private, public and informal. Included is a review of collective bargaining coverage to measure how such agreements affect wage increases. It also analyses the relationship between the minimum wage and certain socio-economic developments, such as gross domestic product growth rates, consumer price indices, inflation rates, employment trends, the national and international poverty lines, labour productivity and social security coverage.

Towards an integrated market in South-East Asia: The ASEAN experience The trade union agenda

01 April 1999

Labour Education 1999/4 No. 117: The articles which appear in this edition are the fruit of our promise to analyse the experiences of regional economic integration in other continents, in the same fashion as the Common Market of the Southern Cone (MERCOSUR) was addressed in an earlier edition (see No. 109 – 1997/4)

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