Download or read book Strengthening the ILO s Capacity to Assist Its Members Efforts to Reach Its Objectives in the Context of Globalization written by and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2007 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how the ILO's capacity could be strengthened to fulfil its mandate in the context of globalization. Reflects on how changes in governance structures could help the Organization over the medium term to align more closely the needs of constituents; assessments of the best ways to meet those needs; the development of effective services by the Office; and the scope for mobilizing technical and other resources.
Download or read book Reconciling International Trade and Labor Protection written by Wolfgang Plasa and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last two decades or so, a number of developing countries have become important suppliers of manufactured goods. A good deal of these goods are produced under extremely poor working conditions, incompatible with the fundamental rights and freedoms. However, WTO rules do not allow restrictions on imports of such goods, and the ILO hardly ever sanctions violations of international labor standards. On the one hand, this leaves exporting countries free to compromise on labor protection in order to enhance their competitiveness on foreign markets. On the other hand, importing countries are obliged to keep their markets open for goods produced under substandard labor conditions. This gives rise to the question of whether the rules of the multilateral trading system should be linked to international labor standards. This study argues that there are two trade-related reasons for establishing such a link. The first one is commonly referred to as social dumping. GATT rules enshrine the principles that should govern international trade: fairness and responsibility. These principles should also apply where trade meets labor protection. Exporting goods made under substandard labor conditions is unfair and distorts trade. It would therefore be consistent to make social dumping actionable. The other reason concerns the responsibility of importing countries. Increased imports of goods produced under substandard labor conditions are an incentive for the exporting country to produce more goods under the same labor conditions, and ship them to the same importing country. This results in a proliferation of violations of labor standards, for which the importing country shares the responsibility. There is a need to adopt a link between trade and labor standards enabling the importing country to cap imports in order to escape the blame.
Download or read book Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Service Provision and Migration written by Simon J. Tans and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how liberalization of service provision related to movement of natural persons takes shape within EU and WTO law. It provides an overview and analysis of the implementation of the identified obligations derived from EU law and the GATS in the Dutch legal order and that of the United Kingdom. A thorough investigation of the chosen strategies in each legal order is provided, including a comparison of the differences and similarities between these strategies. The resulting overview leads to insight into the tension that exists between the international obligations related to service mobility of the two investigated states on the one hand, and their migration law and access to the labour market legislation on the other.
Download or read book International Labour Documentation written by International Labour Organization. Bureau of Library and Information Services and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Social Dimension of Economic Integration written by Jorge F. Pérez-López and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adjusting to Trade Liberalization written by Marc Bacchetta and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication identifies tools at the disposal of governments to smooth adjustment, to minimize an economy's adjustment costs and to alleviate the burden of those who suffer most.--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Scope of the Employment Relationship written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapport med status for fastansattes rettigheder set i lyset af arbejdstagernes stadigt ringere beskyttelse på arbejdsmarkedet, med forslag til nationale og internationale indgreb
Download or read book Trade and Gender written by Anh-Nga Tran-Nguyen and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal rights between men and women are enshrined as a fundamental human right in the UN Charter, and reflected in various internationally agreed instruments, such as the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Although there has been notable progress in some areas, in most nations women are still at a disadvantage in terms of their role and position in the economic and political arenas. This publication examines the gender dimension of trade and seeks to identify policy challenges and responses to promote gender equality in light of increasing globalisation. Issues discussed include: economics of gender equality, international trade and development; multilateral negotiations on agriculture in developing countries; gender-related issues in the textiles and clothing sectors; international trade in services; gender and the TRIPS Agreement; the impact of WTO rules on gender equality; human rights aspects; fair trade initiatives; the role of IT in promoting gender equality, the Gender Trade Impact Assessment and trade reform.
Download or read book New Forms of Labour Administration written by Normand Lécuyer and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2002 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study examines how labour administrations are coping with globalization, modernization, and political and financial constraints while also contributing to the economic and social development of their countries.
Download or read book Social Dialogue and Poverty Reduction Strategies written by International Labour Office and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2006 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Labour Organization ILO written by Steve Hughes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Labour Organization (ILO) is broadening its agenda and carving out a role as a key player in global economic policy-making, and this volume provides a succinct and comprehensive guide to this important organization. By charting the history and development of the ILO and examining its key functions and structure the authors offer a clear and detailed account of its work, and provide an important discussion of the current criticisms and debates that surround the organization. The work moves on to discuss the position that the ILO takes in our understanding of global governance and seeks to evaluate the impact of emerging issues such as the global economic crisis, and critically examines the future direction of the organization. This fresh and accessible account of the International Labour Organization provides an excellent understanding of its purpose and structure and will be of interest to all students of international politics, international organizations and international political economy.
Download or read book The EU the WTO and China written by Francis Snyder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new theoretical framework for understanding the regulation of international trade. For this purpose, it analyses a series of integrated studies of relations between the EU, the WTO and China. It consists of three main parts. Part I introduces the basic concepts. It surveys the literature on law and globalisation, introduces the concept of sites of governance and the theory of global legal pluralism and sketches the foundations of global legal pluralism. It shows that each site of governance has both a structural dimension, consisting of institutions, norms and dispute resolution processes, and a relational dimension, comprising its relations with other sites of governance. The totality of sites of governance constitutes a new form of global legal pluralism. Part II analyses global legal pluralism in action in relations between the EU, the WTO and China. It examines the construction of relations between sites, ways in which relations between sites give rise to new legal concepts or transform the character of rules, the tension between regionalism and international integration and the governance of international production networks. It emphasises the reciprocal interaction between the structural features and the relational features of sites. Part III explores new directions in global legal pluralism. It first analyses regional trade agreements as a way of creating new sites of governance, focusing on agreements involving China. Then it considers how to enhance ethical values in international trade regulation. Based on an institutional analysis of relations between the WTO and other sites of governance, it proposes ways in which global legal pluralism can be used to reform the WTO, today the predominant institution in the regulation of international trade, including trade between the EU and China.
Download or read book Global Environmental Law Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comparative Labor Law Policy Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization written by Kimberly Ann Elliott and published by Peterson Institute for International Economics. This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, the authors move beyond the debate on the relative merits and risks of a social clause in trade agreements and focus on practical approaches for improving labour standards in a more intergrated global economy.
Download or read book Globalization of the Footwear Textiles and Clothing Industries written by International Labour Organisation. Sectoral Activities Programme and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
