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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827952703321

Autore

Wickramasekara Piyasiri

Titolo

Bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on migration of low skilled workers : a review / / Piyasiri Wickramasekara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Labour Organization, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

92-2-130026-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (62 p.)

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Migrant labor

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents ; 1. Introduction; 2. Objectives of the study; 3. Contribution of the study; 4. Methodology;  4.1. Definitions and concepts;  4.2. Research methods;  4.3. Limitations of the study ; 5. Historical overview and current developments; 6. Findings of the BLAs mapping exercise;  6.1. Type of agreements;  6.2. Parties to the agreements;  6.3. Analysis of mapped agreements by date of signing;  6.4. Objective of agreements;  6.5. Good Practices in mapped agreements;  6.6. Adherence to the ILO 1949 Model Agreement provisions in mapped agreements;  6.7. North-South differences

6.8. Findings of the case studies7. Towards a preliminary framework for assessing BLAs;  7.1. How can bilateral agreements and MOUs improve governance of labour migration?;  7.2. In what ways can bilateral agreements promote and protect the rights  of migrant workers?   ;  7.3. In what ways can bilateral agreements promote migration and development linkages?; 8. Recommendations;  8.1. Recommendations to Governments of origin and destination countries;  8.2. Recommendations to regional integration and consultative process;  8.3. Recommendations to social partners and other stakeholders

8.4. Recommendations to ILO and other international agencies 8.5. Areas for further work; References; Annexes;  Annex 1: Methodological note on assessment of BAs and MOUs;  Annex 2. Table A1: Good



practices scores by region;  Annex 3. Table A2 - 1949 ILO Model Agreement topics (n= 27);  Annex 4: Table A3 - Summary of case studies ;  Annex 5: Recognition of BAs/MOUs in national law and policies - Asia;  Annex 6: Acronyms