Download or read book Labour Issues in the Context of Economic Integration and Free Trade written by Willi Momm and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Labor in the Americas written by Paulo de Tarso Almeida Paiva and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trade and Labour Interface in the Context of Regional Economic Integration the Case of the Southern African Development Community written by Baatlhodi Molatlhegi and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the normative and empirical case for the inclusion of labour standards in trade regimes using the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as a case study. It investigates the extent to which the race to the bottom thesis, unfair trade claims and human rights arguments for trade and labour linkage in the context of economic relations between developed and developing countries are valid justifications in the SADC context. The thesis assesses the implications that the prevailing socio-economic, legal, political and historical situation in SADC have for the assumptions underlying these arguments. The thesis suggests that the economic efficiency analysis of the motivations for free trade is a major conceptual obstacle to the resolution of the trade-labour debate. This analysis sees other values, besides economic efficiency and welfare, as non-trade issues whose realization should best be achieved by utilizing the benefits that flow from unhindered free trade. This is a segregated view which creates a dichotomy between economic and socio-political aspects of human development. The segregated view assumes that any meaningful exercise of labour rights depends on the attainment of economic development and so must be deferred until the later has been realized. In this thesis I propose that the best way to make a compelling normative and empirical case for trade and labour linkage both at the global level and in SADC in particular, is to adopt an integrated approach to the objectives of free trade. According to this approach, free trade and labour rights share the same normative foundation. It is the need to ensure human autonomy and freedom. The approach accordingly considers the pursuit of economic efficiency and labour rights as being the integrated purpose for the liberalization of trade. Once it is accepted that free trade and labour rights share the same normative foundation, the perceived dichotomy between "pure-trade" and "non-trade" issues, which has hitherto served as a conceptual bulwark to the establishment of the trade-labour linkage disappears. Most fundamentally, the integrated approach puts to rest the notion that there is a contradiction between free trade (and the consequent economic gains) and respect for labour rights.

Download or read book Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific written by John Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization and labour market deregulation have had an impact on employment and workers, and brought pressure to bear on trade unions. This study looks at the challenges of globalization and deregulation in the Asia Pacific, and possible responses to them in a variety of ways.

Download or read book Summary of the United States and European Union Seminar on the Social Dimension of Economic Integration written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Social Issues Globalisation And International Institutions written by Virginia A. Leary and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original study examines the extent to which international labour issues have become issue of concern within the European Union, the ILO, the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), and the WTO (World Trade Organization).

Download or read book Regionalism and Global Economic Integration written by William Donald Coleman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucid and broad-ranging in its scope, this interdisciplinary volume sheds light on the relationship between national policies, regional integration patterns and the wider global setting. A vital and much-needed study.

Download or read book The Social and Labour Dimensions of Globalization and Integration Process written by Wade Mark and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Economics of International Immigration written by Kenji Kondoh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book that takes a theoretical approach to the effects of international immigration by considering the current economic topics confronted by more highly developed countries such as Japan. Developed here is the classic trade model by Heckscher–Ohlin–Samuelson, McDougall’s basic model of the international movement factor, the urban–rural migration model by Harris–Todaro, and Copeland–Taylor’s well-known model in the field of environmental economics by introducing new trends such as economic integration including free trade and factor mobility between countries at different stages of development. Coexistence of two types of immigrants – legal, skilled workers and illegal, unskilled workers – without any explicit signs of discrimination, transboundary pollution caused by neighboring lower-developed countries with poor pollution abatement technology, difficult international treatment of transboundary renewable resources, the rapid process of aging and population decrease, the higher unemployment rate of younger generations, and the serious gap between permanent and temporary employed workers—are also considered in this book as new and significant topics under the context of international immigration. Taking into account the special difficulties of those serious problems in Asia, each chapter illustrates Japanese and other Asian situations that encourage readers to understand the importance of optimal immigration policies. Also shown is the possibility that economic integration and liberalization of international immigration should bring about positive effects on the economic welfare of the developed host country including the aspects of natural environment, renewable transboundary resources, the rate of unemployment, and the wage gap between workers.

Download or read book Free Trade Agreements and Global Labour Governance written by Adrian Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exploring the contentious relationship between trade and labour, this book looks at the impact of the EU's 'new generation' free trade agreements on workers. Drawing upon extensive original research, including over 200 interviews with key actors across the EU and its trading partners, it considers the effectiveness of the trade-labour linkage in an era of global value chains. The EU believes trade can work for all, claiming that labour provisions in its free trade agreements ensure that economic growth and high labour standards go hand-in-hand. Yet whether these actually make a difference to workers is strongly contested. This book explains why labour provisions have been profoundly limited in the EU's agreements with the CARIFORUM group, South Korea and Moldova. It also shows how the provisions were mismatched with the most pressing workplace concerns in the key export industries of sugar, automobiles and clothing, and how these concerns were exacerbated by the agreements' commercial provisions. This pioneering approach to studying the trade-labour linkage provides insights into key debates on the role of civil society in trade governance, the relationship between public and private labour regulation, and the progressive possibilities for trade policy in the twenty-first century. This book will appeal to research scholars, post-graduate students, trade policy practitioners, policy researchers allied to labour movements, and informed activists"--

Download or read book The Economics of International Integration written by Peter Robson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International economic integration can in many ways be seen as one of the everyday consequences of globalization. As communication lines grow shorter, more and more countries are seeing the use in hacking down trade barriers. This new edition of Peter Robson's classic text will doubtless please its many fans

Download or read book Rethinking Free Trade Economic Integration and Human Rights in the Americas written by María Belén Olmos Giupponi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph offers the first systematic overview of the protection of human rights in trade agreements in the Americas. Traditionally, trade agreements in the Americas were concerned with economic questions and paid little attention to human rights. However, in the wake of the 'new regionalism', which emerged at the end of the last century, more clauses addressing social issues such as labour rights and environmental standards were inserted in trade agreements. As economic integration increased, a framework for the protection of human rights evolved. This book argues that this framework allows for human rights protection on a transnational level, while constructing regional identities. Looking at the four key regional integration processes, namely the Caribbean Community, the Central American Integration System, the Andean Community of Nations and the Southern Common Market, and also at the North American Free Trade Agreement, it shows how the integration process has reached a considerable degree of consolidation. Writing on key sources in English for the first time, this book will be essential reading for all free trade and human rights scholars.

Download or read book Assessment of Labour Provisions in Trade and Investment Arrangements written by International Labor Office and published by International Labor Office. This book was released on 2016 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly half of trade agreements concluded in the past five years included either a labor chapter or labor provision that makes reference to international labor standards and ILO instruments. The evidence so far suggests that labor provisions have been an important tool for raising awareness and improving laws and legislations with respect to workers' rights, increasing stakeholder involvement in negotiation and implementation phases, and developing domestic institutions to better monitor and enforce labor standards. But challenges remain, particularly with respect to sustainability of impacts, coherence, and cooperative efforts. This new report, part of the Studies on Growth with Equity series, gives a full examination of the scope and effectiveness of these labor provisions.

Download or read book The European Economy written by Christopher M. Dent and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shape of the world economy is changing. Globalisation and regionalism have led to the development of powerful but interdependent economic blocs. Much economic potential has shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific area. In view of this The European Economy argues that economists need a broader, worldwide base of information if these processes and their effect on Europe are to be fully understood. Topics discussed include: * Europe's experience of the growing trend of regionalism * the single market * plans for economic union * EU enlargement * Europe's triad rivals * EU external trade and trade relations * technology and innovation * environmental issues This fresh approach highlights the issues which will challenge European countries into the twenty-first century.

Download or read book North American Economic Integration written by Norris C. Clement and published by Cheltenham [England] : Edward Elgar Pub.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of a larger project funded by the US Information Agency's University Affiliation Program, Canadian, US, and Mexican economists explain the North American Free Trade Agreement to readers who understand the basic principles of economics. They consider how and why it emerged in the early 1990s and its performance since implementation, the economic development and commercial policy of each member country in the context of the global economy, the pact's technical strengths and limitation, and ongoing debates. They argue that it has introduced social and environmental innovations in trade agreements, but provides a less than perfect approach to managing the continent's economic integration. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Comparative Regional Integration written by Finn Laursen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features up-to-date studies of regional integration efforts in all major parts of the world, especially North America, South America, and East Asia. Comparisons are drawn between these efforts and those made in the EU, where integration has progressed much further. The book asks: what explains the variation in achievements? What kind of agreements and institutions are needed to produce regional integration? Is 'pooling and delegation' of sovereignty necessary to overcome 'collective action problems'? How important is regional leadership? This work is a major new contribution to the literature on regional integration, and will appeal to theorists, policymakers, students and other readers concerned about world developments. It will also be of value to courses covering international political economy, international relations and regional integration, at both undergraduate and graduate level.

Download or read book Costs and Benefits of Economic Integration in Asia written by Robert J. Barro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Costs and Benefits of Economic Integration in Asia brings together authoritative essays that identify and examine various initiatives to promote economic integration in Asia.