Books and reports
May 2019
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Global report
Women in Business and Management: The business case for change
22 May 2019
Our second global report on Women in Business and Management offers new insights into how gender diversity at the top improves organizational performance. These include how the many dimensions of an organization’s policies, a gender-balanced workforce and a gender-inclusive culture, among other factors, move the needle for more women to hold decision-making power.
February 2009
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Publication
Combating forced labour. A handbook for employers and business
02 February 2009
This handbook, addressed to a broad spectrum of business actors, provides practical tools and guidance material to enable employers to identify and prevent forced labour, and take remedial action where necessary.
January 1999
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Publication
The Asian financial crisis
26 January 1999
Analyses the social impact and policy implications of the Asian financial crisis. Documents the severe rise in unemployment and its repercussions in the worst-affected countries (the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia) and how this has, to a varying extent, overwhelmed their underdeveloped systems of social protection. Argues that, in light of this experience, urgent action is required both to relieve current social distress and to strengthen the system of social protection.