Richard Anker, 2005
Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn, David Howell and John Schmitt, 2004
This paper assesses the strength of the evidence regarding the effects of labour market institutions and regulations on unemployment, updating their earlier survey of the literature to include the most recent studies. The paper argues that the empirical results are largely inconclusive, often showing estimates of opposite sign.Graeme J. Buckley, 2004
This paper describes how the ILO engages in PRSP processes and where decent work can add value to national poverty reduction strategies. Although the working paper is specific to the case of Ethiopia, many of the issues raised have broader relevance to national poverty reduction processes in other least developed countries, especially in Africa.ILO - Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Department for Statistics and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova, 2005
In relation to the development of an employment survey, this paper produces statistics on employment in the informal economy in the Republic of Moldova. ..., 2004
David Kucera and Ritash Sarna, 2004
On the basis of new empirical evidence, this study argues that stronger trade union rights do not generally hinder trade competitiveness, including for trade of labour-intensive goods, and indeed that countries with stronger trade union rights tend to do comparatively well for manufacturing trade as a whole.Gijsbert van Liemt, 2004
This paper examines the views of the anti-globalists. In discussing the anti-globalists, the paper focuses on the vast majority of non-violent activists. These anti-globalists seek sustainable, long-term development. In reviewing the causes that the activists defend, he gives particular attention to trade-related issues and the WTO.Andr�s Solimano, 2004
This paper shows that international migration in Latin America was largely unrestricted during the first wave of globalization (circa 1870-1913), in line with increasingly integrated capital and goods markets under the monetary arrangements of the gold standard. ...Se�n � Siochr�, 2004
This paper argues that the social consequences of the globalization of the media sector itself are comparable to those of many other sectors and should be included as part of the overall issues surrounding globalization.Ignacy Sachs, 2004
This paper assumes that sovereign nation States are and will continue to be the main locus for promoting inclusive development. It is argued, however, that the asymmetric and inequitable forms of globalization prevailing today are detrimental to the interests of developing countries, profiting some insiders and leaving behind many outsiders.Jill Murray, 2004
This paper argues that the public discourse on Corporate Social Responsibility has evolved into a quite stylized debate which tends to focus on one particular facet of multinational economic behaviour. ...William Milberg, 2004
This paper argues that the quantitative rise in world trade openness since 1980 may be less significant than the qualitative change in the structure of world trade, specifically the rise in intermediate goods trade resulting from the breaking up of the production process into different parts and locating these parts in different countries. ...Malte Luebker, 2005
This paper argues that although there is still much heated debate on how, and whether, the growing integration of the world economy has caused greater social and economic differences.Fr�d�ric Lapeyre, 2004
This paper argues that economic globalization has become a key feature of the life of economic and social actors around the world, but that this is not tantamount to political inertia and requires on the contrary a rethinking of development policies and new forms of action.Fr�d�ric Lapeyre, 2004
This paper analyses the context, mandate, work process and outcomes and impact of the major international independent commissions on development issues and draws the major lessons learned of such commissions for the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization.Richard K. Johanson, 2004
This paper discusses the role skills development can play in avoiding the problems of globalization and structural adjustment and realizing their benefits and what can be done to position countries to capture the employment and wage benefits of globalization. ...John Humphrey, 2004
This paper considers the way in which new forms of global coordination affect the possibilities for upgrading agricultural and manufacturing producers and traders in developing countries. The global value chain approach emphasizes new linkages in the global economy and the increasing level of trade in parts and components.Michael Hopkins, 2004
The paper argues that the social responsibility of business has accelerated with globalization. The need to address questions of low living standards, exploitation, poverty, unemployment and how to promote social development in general, has to date been almost entirely the preserve of governments. ...Jeremy Heimans, 2004
The main purpose of this paper is to review the reform proposals of global economic and social governance in their various permeations as a means of highlighting the different options available. ...Susan Hayter, 2005
This paper argues that one of the defining features of the current phase of globalization is the emergence of global production systems. In contrast to earlier phases of globalization, economic activity is not only global in scope but also global in organization. ...