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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172212003321

Autore

Ghose Ajit Kumar <1947->

Titolo

The global employment challenge [[electronic resource] /] / Ajit K. Ghose, Nomaan Majid, Christoph Ernst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2008

ISBN

92-2-120306-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MajidNomaan

ErnstChristoph

Disciplina

331.1

Soggetti

Manpower policy

Labor supply

Unemployment

Labor market

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 WORLD LABOUR FORCE STRUCTURE AND ITS EVOLUTION; 3 GLOBALIZATION IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD; 4 PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 5 THE EMPLOYMENT-POVERTY INTERFACE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 6 PERSISTENT EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; 7 SYSTEMIC TRANSITION AND JOB CRISIS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; APPENDIX TABLES; 8 EMPLOYMENT DRIFT IN COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES; TABLES; FIGURES; 9 A SUMMING-UP; References; BOXES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the state of employment in the world today, providing a detailed and comprehensive picture of the serious challenges faced by today's policy-makers...