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- Promoting Gender Equality
- Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- National Social Dialogue on Employment Policies in Europe
- The promotion of employment is one of the four strategic objectives of the International Labour Organization ILO. While the concept of decent work offers a way of combining employment, labour standards, social protection and social dialogue in development strategies, employment is fundamental in the fight against poverty and social exclusion....
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Action Programme for Decent Work: Philippines
- The overarching objective of the ILO is the promotion of "Opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work, in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity". Decent work is the converging focus of the four strategic objectives of the Organization, namely rights at work, employment, social...
- White papers 2002-05-10
- Public Emergency Services: Social Dialogue in a Changing Environment: A Study on Japan
- The purposes of this paper is to examine the gaps between what are promoted in the Guidelines and national legislation, as well as gaps between legislation and practice in public emergency services, including fire-fighting, police and emergency medical services. Close attention will be paid to the current state of social...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- The South African Labour Market in a Globalizing World: Economic and Legislative Considerations
- The paper has three broad components. Firstly, briefly outline the environment that currently characterises South African economy. One details here issues related to the macro economy and the trade regime, both of which are particularly important within the context of globalization. The second section of the paper will provide a...
- White papers 2002-11-06
- Restructuring of Civil Aviation: Consequences for Management and Personnel
- Air transport is one of the world's most important services. The industry is experiencing an unprecedented period of change. Three interlinked developments are combining to transform the structure of the industry: progressive liberalization of the product market, the drive to privatize publicly owned carriers, and management's accelerated pursuit of the...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- Trade Union Responses to Globalization: Spain
- Spain has 17 regions with broad administrative and legislative powers, including regional parliaments. In relation to employment contracts legislative competence is granted exclusively to the State. In other areas, however, the regions show ever-increasing differences in terms of the social services and assistance they provide, as reflected in the social...
- White papers 2002-06-21
- Prevention and Settlement of Disputes in India
- The papers presented in the volume deal with labour courts, conciliation, inspection, awards implementation as well as alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and lok adalts. They are based on experience and field research and take into account the recommendations of the Second National Commission on Labour. Some of the important developments...
- White papers 2003-11-30
- Preliminary Update on the Implementation of the Revised Human Resources Strategy
- The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs plays a central role in increasing the employability of disabled persons. It operates a number of mainstream and disability specific programmes including programmes for vocational training, employment services and self-employment. This Ministry also chairs the Office of the Committee for the Rehabilitation of...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Savings and Credit Associations and Remittances: The Case of Far West Nepalese Labour Migrants in Delhi, India
- Migration to Delhi is an important fact of life for people in Far West Nepal. Migrants invest their savings in financial self-help associations. Part of these savings are remitted back home. Yet the infrastructure for remittances is sub-optimal, so migrants carry their savings back home. In light of the worsening...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Poverty Reduction Through Small Enterprises
- The paper explores the interesting connections between the work on developing the small enterprise economy and the task of poverty reduction. Those of us working on small enterprise development have long recognized the existence of these connections. This paper - and the consultations necessary for its preparation - have helped...
- White papers 2006-04-26
- The Decent Work Enterprise: Worker Security And Dynamic Efficiency
- This paper proposes an approach to the identification and measurement of what is called a Decent Work Enterprise DWE. Actually, it would be more correct to call it a Decent Work Firm, since the unit on which it focuses is the actual establishment or workplace, rather than the broader concept...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- International Finance: Meeting The Needs Of People In Developing Countries
- The increasing interconnectivity of world financial markets was driven in part by deregulation, but progress in information technology has had a strong impact, boosting the increase in capital flows. Financial markets are already global and, given the fall in transaction costs due to technological improvements, capital will continue to move...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- The FDI - Employment Link In A Globalizing World: The Case Of Argentina, Brazil And Mexico
- For many developing countries, attracting FDI has been a key aspect of their outward-oriented development strategy, as investment is considered a crucial element for output growth and employment generation. New trends have reinforced the importance of private investment. Private investment, both domestic and foreign, is viewed as the driving force...
- White papers 2006-10-11
- Trade And FDI
- The external sector has always been the key to Ghana's economic performance. Good economic performance as in the late 1950s and early 1960s was associated with good trade performance while poor economic performance as in the late 1960s and 1970s was associated with a severe contraction of the external sector....
- White papers 2005-02-04
- The Labour Market Effects Of US FDI In Developing Countries
- This paper has a number of goals. One is to describe, from the investor or home country side, how US firms have chosen locations for their Foreign Direct Investment FDI, and provide a little of the history of these choices and how they have changed. A second is to show...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Integrating Labour Inspection: Functions, Effectiveness and Training
- The right to decent working conditions can be considered a fundamental human right. As one of the most ratified ILO Conventions, Convention No. 81 on Labour Inspection is one of the basic tools to put this principle into practice. In 1999, a tripartite project "Training for Integrated Labour Inspection" for...
- White papers 2003-09-21
- Employment of People With Disabilities: The Impact of Legislation (Asia and the Pacific)
- Many countries throughout the world have, in recent years, adopted policies aiming to promote the rights of people with disabilities to full and equal participation in society. Countries in Asia and Pacific have made considerable progress in introducing legislation concerning the equalisation of opportunities for persons with disabilities, particularly during...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Promoting gender equality through collective bargaining
- We cannot rely on legislation to achieve and protect equality issues. Collective bargaining is a much more effective mechanism for ensuring that these rights exist. Although there have been major achievements made in equality issues in the past, downsizing and reorganization are taking a toll, impacting on the lives of...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The issues and guidelines for gender equality bargaining
- Gender equality bargaining can be a powerful mechanism through which unions can either reinforce existing rights under legislation or previous collective agreements through devising practical methods of implementation, or extend workplace rights on issues, which have traditionally, been ignored. Unions may strategically choose which issues they will present for negotiations....
- White papers 2001-10-01
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