Poland / / Raymond Torres ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Geneva ; ; [Great Britain], : International Labour Office, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 126 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 330.9438057
• Soggetto topico: Globalization - Social aspects - Poland
• Altri autori: TorresRaymond
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Poland
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822080803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies on the social dimensions of globalization.