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Flexibilizing Employment
ILO Publications 2003; US$ 5.00Describes different forms of labour flexibility and examines legislative reforms and measures related to flexibility in external and internal labour markets and occupational and individual flexibility. Investigates trends in flexible forms of employment across countries during the 1990s and analyses the outcomes, highlighting the association between... more...
Global Employment Trends Brief, January 2006
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 5.00Annual report on global trends in employment. more...
Identification of Potential for Increasing Employment and Productive Investment in Albania, Moldova and Ukraine
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Reviews the political, economic and social developments in each of the three countries in the period 1990-2002. Analyses the situation in terms of the labour market and the current drawbacks for the favourable development of domestic businesses. Identifies strategic sectors of the economy with potential for job creation and attracting productive investments... more...
ILO/ASEAN Joint Study on "Social Implications of ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) on Labour and Employment"
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Reviews the employment implications of the AFTA and other trade liberalization moves in the period 1991-2003. Focuses on the effects of multilateral and regional arrangements on real earnings, labour migration, social security etc. in the case of three industries. Concludes with recommendations relating to working conditions, labour relations and governance. more...
Institutional Determinants of Unemployment in OECD Countries
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Examines whether variations in unemployment are explained by variations in labour market and other institutions. more...
Labour Market Flexibility and Employment and Income Security in Ethiopia
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 5.00Suggests policy measures aimed at reaching a decent balance between labour market flexibility and employment and income security in the country. more...
Making Decent Work an Asian goal
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 11.95Describes ways to achieve decent work under the background of globalization and regionalization, notably in the areas of competitivenes, young people and the labour market, labour migration, and developing strong governance at the national and levels. Suggests where the ILO could be of help. more...
Merchants of Labor
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Explores the role of private agents in moving workers over national borders. Explains the role of agents in labour markets, to examine the fees they extract, and sets out policy options that the ILO and governments might consider to regulate their behaviour. Reports from many countries suggest that fee-charging private agents often engage in activities... more...
Poverty Reduction through Small Enterprises
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 5.00Discusses small enterprise development and private sector development as key methods for alleviating poverty. more...
Protected Mobility for Employment and Decent Work
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Discusses the implications of employment stability and flexibility for workers security and decent work. Shows the relationship between different industrial relation systems and labour market flexibility, stability and security. Finds that a cluster of OECD countries that might be called "numerically flexible" does in fact demonstrate... more...









