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Bangladesh [[electronic resource] /] / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres
Bangladesh [[electronic resource] /] / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres
Autore Paratian Rajendra
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (92 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Bangladesh
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910450054703321
Paratian Rajendra  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Bangladesh / / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres
Bangladesh / / Rajendra Paratian and Raymond Torres
Autore Paratian Rajendra
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (92 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Bangladesh
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Machine generated contents note: Part I Trends in globalization and social progress 7 -- A. M ain features of trade policies9 -- B. Trade and investment flows 16 -- C. Overview of social developments since trade and -- investment liberalization 24 -- Part II Assessing the social impact of globalization39 -- A. Comparison of labour market developments before -- and after trade liberalization41 -- B. Analysis of the possible links between trade and labour markets45 -- C. Impediments to greater benefits of globalization52 -- Part III Policy issues 57 -- A. Improving the gains from trade59 -- B. Widening access to primary education65 -- C. Poverty-alleviation programmes and the elimination of -- child labour69 -- D. Labour-management relations and labour law72 -- Concluding remarks77 -- Bibliography79 List of figures -- 1 GDP growth rate and inflation 6 -- 2 Exports and imports of goods and services 18 ix -- 3 Exports by main products, 1979/80-96/9720 -- 4 Foreign direct investment in Bangladesh by origin and industry23 -- 5 Composition of the population, 1989 and 1995/9625 -- 6 Employment trends26 -- 7 Status in employment, 1989 and 1995/9632 -- 8 Trends in real wages, 1982/83-96/9735 -- 9 Gini index of income inequality, 1983/84-95/9636 -- 10 Trends in savings and investment, 1988/89-97/98 42 -- 11 Coverage of imports of goods and services, 1979/80-96/9743 -- 12 Impact of trade liberalization on urban-rural inequalities46 -- 13 Diverging trends in real capita income of richest and -- poorest households, 1985/86-95/96 48 -- 14 Government current expenditure, 1989/90-96/9766 -- 15 Resources allocated to primary education, 1990/91-95/96 67 -- 16 Government revenue receipts, 1989/90-96/9771 List of tables -- 1 Import liberalization11 -- 2 Trade and investment of EPZs in Bangladesh, 1991/92-95/9614 -- 3 Direction of exports and imports by country, 1990/91-95/9617 -- 4 Foreign direct investment by major industrial group registered -- with the BOI, 1990/91-97/98 22 -- 5 Unemployment rate by area, sex, age and education, 1989-1995/9627 -- 6 Labour force participation rate by sex and area28 -- 7 Underemployment and hours worked, 1995/9629 -- 8 Child labour characteristics30 -- 9 Education level and literacy rate of the labour force, 1995/9634 -- 10 Incidence of poverty, 1988/89-95/9636 -- 11 Revealed comparative advantage, 1990 and 1995 44 -- 12 The widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors48 -- 13 Per capita GDP at constant market prices by region49 -- 14 Labour cost per hour in the textile and apparel industries -- by country, 1993 and 199655 -- 15 The Government's educational priorities 56 -- 16 The growth of registered trade unions in Bangladesh, 1971-97 73 List of boxes -- 1 The Grameen model of poverty alleviation 62.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910661047603321
Paratian Rajendra  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Chile [[electronic resource] /] / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres
Chile [[electronic resource] /] / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres
Autore Reinecke Gerhard
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (115 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Chile
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-03876-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910450310103321
Reinecke Gerhard  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Chile [[electronic resource] /] / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres
Chile [[electronic resource] /] / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres
Autore Reinecke Gerhard
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (115 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Chile
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
ISBN 1-280-03876-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto [2] Chile / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres -- [3] Muritius / Richard Anker, Rajendra Paratian, and Raymond Torres -- [4] Poland / Raymond Torres ... et al. -- [6] South Africa / Susan Hayter, Gerhard Reinecke, and Raymond Torres -- [7] Switzerland / Anna Teresa Romero, and Raymond Torres.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777073703321
Reinecke Gerhard  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Chile / / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres
Chile / / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres
Autore Reinecke Gerhard
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (115 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Chile
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
ISBN 1-280-03876-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto [2] Chile / Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres -- [3] Muritius / Richard Anker, Rajendra Paratian, and Raymond Torres -- [4] Poland / Raymond Torres ... et al. -- [6] South Africa / Susan Hayter, Gerhard Reinecke, and Raymond Torres -- [7] Switzerland / Anna Teresa Romero, and Raymond Torres.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816052403321
Reinecke Gerhard  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Mauritius [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Anker, Rajenda Paratian and Raymond Torres
Mauritius [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Anker, Rajenda Paratian and Raymond Torres
Autore Anker Richard <1943->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (127 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) ParatianRajenda
TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Mauritius
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910449670603321
Anker Richard <1943->  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Mauritius [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Anker, Rajenda Paratian and Raymond Torres
Mauritius [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Anker, Rajenda Paratian and Raymond Torres
Autore Anker Richard <1943->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (127 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) ParatianRajenda
TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Mauritius
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783040903321
Anker Richard <1943->  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Mauritius / / Richard Anker, Rajenda Paratian and Raymond Torres
Mauritius / / Richard Anker, Rajenda Paratian and Raymond Torres
Autore Anker Richard <1943->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (127 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) ParatianRajenda
TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Foreign trade and employment - Mauritius
International economic integration - Social aspects
Globalization - Social aspects
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Figure 1 GDP per capita growth in Mauritius, the DAEs and non-LDC Africa,1 1980-97 -- Table 1 Social and economic indicators by country, 1980- 96 -- Notes -- PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS -- A. TRADE -- Trade and development strategies -- The EPZ -- Table 2 Provisions for overtime, overtime pay, severance allowances and termination settlements in EPZ and non-EPZ enterprises -- Preferential trade agreements -- The problems of small, vulnerable economies: A recent submission to the WTO -- Export duty -- Import tariffs and non-tariff regulations -- Table 3 Average rates of effective protection in the manufacturing sector for 1980 and 1990, and the average nominal tariff rate for 1994 -- Trade flows and openness of economy -- Figure 2 Trade openness in Mauritius, the DAEs and non-LDC Africa,1980-96 -- Table 4 Top Mauritian export products, 1995 (as a percentage) -- Figure 3 Exports of sugar, other merchandise and services, 1980-95 -- Table 5 Main destination of Mauritian exports and main origin of imports, 1996 -- External debt, trade balance and FDI -- Figure 4 External debt, and external debt service, 1980-96 -- Table 6 External debt and current account balance, 1980-95 -- Table 7 Foreign direct investment (FDI), 1985-97 -- B. LABOUR MARKETS -- Labour force and labour force growth -- Employment by size of establishment -- Table 8 Labour force and employment in large and other-than-large establishments, 1982-96 -- Figure 5 Employment by size of establishment, 1982-97 -- Sectoral distribution of employment -- Figure 6 Distribution of employment by four major industrial sectors, 1982-97 -- Foreign labour -- Unemployment -- Table 9 Unemployment statistics, 1983-97 -- Figure 7 Unemployment rates by source, 1982-97.
Educational and skill level of the labour force -- Table 10 Gross enrolment ratios 1 at primary, secondary and tertiary educational levels, 1980-96 -- Table 11 Educational level of the labour force, 1983-95 -- Training -- Government education strategy -- Employment quality and insecurity -- Table 12 Employed population by length of service and employment sector, 1995 -- Table 13 Hours worked in all occupations and part-time employment in reference week, 1995 -- Table 14 Average usual hours of work in main occupation by industry, 1995 -- C. LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS -- Industrial relations context -- Collective bargaining and unionization -- Table 15 Trade union participation rate and industrial stoppages, 1981-96 -- Wage-fixing practices -- Table 16 Minimum wage and actual wage for selected occupations in export industries, 1995 -- Industrial conflicts -- Discussions on revising the Industrial Relations Act and labour law -- D. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY -- Income distribution -- Poverty -- Table 17 Income distribution, 1975-96/97 -- Notes -- PART I I ASSESSING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION -- A. TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT -- Table 18 Employment and percentage distribution of employment in economic sectors by trade orientation, 1982- 97 -- Figure 8 Distribution of employment in economic sectors by trade orientation, 1982_97 -- Figure 9 Employment in export-related sectors, 1982-97 -- Figure 10 Employment in component parts of export-oriented sectors, 1982-97 -- Women's role in trade -- Payment system -- Figure 11 Average earnings in an industry per percentage of women in that industry, 1988 and 1995 -- Table 19 Distribution of employment by employment status, payment system and occupation, 1990 -- Establishment size and trade -- Figure 12 Distribution of EPZ employment by enterprise size, 1982-96 -- B. TRADE AND SKILLS.
Figure 13 Share of high-skilled exports by country or territory, 1980 and 1992 -- Figure 14 Share of "technologically advanced" products in manufactured exports by country or territory, 1980 and 1992 -- Table 20 Employment by industry and occupation, 1995 -- C. TRADE AND WAGE DIFFERENTIALS -- Figure 15 Average real wages in Mauritius' manufacturing sector, 1968-90 -- D. ECONOMIC GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS -- Factor inputs, productivity and economic growth -- Table 21 Gross domestic investment and gross domestic savings, 1980- 96 -- Table 22 Contributions of capital and labour inputs, and total factor productivity to economic growth, 1967-97 -- Table 23 Capital, labour and multi-factor productivity in the total economy, the manufacturing sector and the EPZ, 1982-96 -- Competitiveness and labour costs -- Figure 16 Labour productivity and unit labour costs in the EPZ, 1982-96 -- Table 24 Labour costs per hour in the clothing industry by country, 1993 and 1996 -- Table 25 Relative annual wages in manufacturing by country or territory, 1985-93 -- Notes -- PART III POLICY ISSUES -- A. CONSTRAINTS ON PUBLIC FINANCE, SOCIAL COHESION AND SOCIAL WELFARE -- Constraints on public finance -- Table 26 Government spending and revenues: Total expenditure and overall budget balance -- Social welfare and social cohesion -- Table 27 Social and defence spending by country, 1991-97 -- B. WOMEN: DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY -- Table 28 Women in the labour market, 1983-95 -- Table 29 Policies, programmes and approaches to eliminating gender inequality and discrimination in the labour market -- C. CROSSROADS IN DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE: THE CHALLENGES AHEAD -- Garments/textiles -- Sugar -- Tourism -- International services -- Towards an integrated economy: Linkages of SMEs to the rest of the economy -- Employment implications of the four "cylinders of growth".
Figure 17 Approximate employment in the sugar, EPZ, tourism and finance sectors, 1982-97 -- D. REGIONAL COOPERATION -- Notes -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ANNEX I LABOUR MARKET AND SOCIAL DIMENSION INFORMATION NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE -- Unemployment estimates -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813165903321
Anker Richard <1943->  
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
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Poland [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Torres ... [et al.]
Poland [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Torres ... [et al.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva ; ; [Great Britain], : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica xvi, 126 p. : ill
Disciplina 330.9438057
Altri autori (Persone) TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Globalization - Social aspects - Poland
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783197703321
Geneva ; ; [Great Britain], : International Labour Office, 2001
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Poland / / Raymond Torres ... [et al.]
Poland / / Raymond Torres ... [et al.]
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Geneva ; ; [Great Britain], : International Labour Office, 2001
Descrizione fisica xvi, 126 p. : ill
Disciplina 330.9438057
Altri autori (Persone) TorresRaymond
Collana Studies on the social dimensions of globalization
Soggetto topico Globalization - Social aspects - Poland
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Figure 1 Comparative economic performance of the Polish economy -- PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS -- A. THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION -- Table 1 Average import tariffs,1 1989-99 -- Figure 2 Trends in foreign trade and balance of payments, 1990-98 -- Figure 3 Geographical composition of trade, 1989 and 1998 -- Figure 4 Trends in FDI inflows and outflows, 1990-98 (in US millions) -- Table 2 Inflows and stocks of FDI by country, 1997 and 1998 -- B. AN OVERVIEW OF LABOUR MARKET DEVELOPMENTS AND SOCIAL TRENDS SINCE TRADE LIBERALIZATION -- Labour market developments -- Figure 5 Labour market trends -- Figure 6 Trends and characteristics of unemployment -- Table 3 Selected characteristics of employment and wages by sex, sector, level of education and occupation -- Non-standard forms of employment and employment quality -- Figure 7 Employment by employment status, 1993 and 1998 -- Table 4 Unregistered employment, 1995 and 1998 -- Figure 8 Temporary paid employment by education level, November 1998 -- Income distribution and poverty -- Figure 9 Income distribution and poverty -- Labour in agriculture -- Table 5 The role of the agricultural sector in the economy, 1985 and 1997 -- Figure 10 Population living in individual farm households by source of income, 1996 -- Regional disparities -- Figure 11 Relative per capita income of farmers' households, 1990-98 -- Table 6 Regional disparities, 1992-98 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART I I ASSESSING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION -- A. TRADE, EMPLOYMENT AND AGGREGATE INCOME -- An expansion of consumption possibilities, real income and output -- Figure 12 Comparative sectoral performance, 1993-97.
Figure 13 Relative performance of manufacturing sectors by degree of openness to trade, 1993-97 -- Figure 14 Relative performance of manufacturing sectors by foreign participation, 1993-97 -- Table 7 Comparative performance of foreign-owned and domestic enterprises, 1993 and 1997 -- Figure 15 Sectoral composition of trade, 1990 and 1997 -- Figure 16 Relative performance of manufacturing sectors by capital intensity 1993-97 -- B. GLOBALIZATION AND REGIONAL IMBALANCES -- Regional imbalances: An economic problem -- An intuitive explanation -- Theoretical explanations and empirical evidence -- Figure 17 Appreciation of the real effective exchange rate, 1990-98 (1990=100) -- Figure 18 Trade, FDI and the Polish labour market -- Figure 19 The impact of trade in the presence of rural-urban labour market dualities -- Table 8 FDI position by voivodship, 1990-97 -- Table 9 Export linkages of Polish voivodships, 1992-97 -- Figure 20 FDI stock in 1997 and wage trends by voivodship, 1992-98 -- Box 1 Positive and negative impact of globalization on local development: The case of Kalisz -- C. THE AGRO-FOOD SECTOR, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION -- A low level of agricultural productivity -- Table 10 Distribution of agricultural holdings by size of arable land in Poland and selected EU countries, 1995 -- Table 11 Hidden unemployment in agriculture, 1996 -- Figure 21 Labour force by sector and level of educational attainment, 1992 and 1998 -- Table 12 Composition of income of private individual farms, 1997 -- Domestic and external obstacles to the development of the food industry -- Table 13 International comparison of exports and imports of the food and beverages industry -- Box 2 The vulnerability of the Polish food industry to the Russian crisis and EU agricultural policies: The case of meat exports.
Table 14 Output of foreign-owned enterprises and international trade in the food industry, 1997 -- Box 3 Producer organizations as an institution to strengthen backward linkages: Polish fruit and vegetable production -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART III POLICY ISSUES -- A. THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE -- Table 15 International comparison of indicators of infrastructure, 1997 -- Table 16 Telecommunication resources: Indicators for selected countries -- B. MAKING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM MORE RELEVANT TO LABOUR MARKET REQUIREMENTS -- Table 17 Distribution of the population by level of education and youth unemployment,1996 -- C. MAKING THE PENSION SYSTEM SUSTAINABLE -- The cost of the former pension system -- Table 18 International comparison of the Polish pension system, 1989-96 -- Salient features of the new system -- Table 19 Comparison of contributions to social security insurance, health insurance, Guaranteed Employees' B -- D. ADAPTING LABOUR LAWS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO THE NEW ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- Labour regulations and policies -- Industrial relations -- E. CREATING INSTITUTIONS FOR DIVERSIFYING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES -- Organic food products: Promising prospects -- Rural tourism: An important component of rural development -- Box 4 Rural tourism: Examples of initiatives in two countries -- Notes -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Table 20 Corporate and personal income tax rates for selected countries, 1998 -- APPENDIX 1 MEAT PROCESSING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FORMER SIEDLCE VOIVODSHIP -- APPENDIX 2 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT THE INITIATIVE OF THE EMPLOYER IN SELECTED COUNTRIES: LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS UP TO -- APPENDIX 3 GETTING STARTED: SMALL ENTERPRISES AND THE KALISZ BUSINESS INCUBATOR CENTRE -- Poland's SMEs in broader context -- The Kalisz Incubator -- The outcome -- APPENDIX 4 CLASSIFICATION OF MANUFACTURING SECTORS.
BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Geneva ; ; [Great Britain], : International Labour Office, 2001
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