This study draws on the considerable amount of literature available on the small and artisanal mining sectors in Zimbabwe and examines the extent of the problem to determine if solutions can be found to the current conflict between employment and environment. It is hoped that the study will...

Looks at three different patterns that limit competitiveness: a) questionable working conditions in export processing zones or within global value chains that are driven by a foreign or multinational enterprise; b) exclusion of self-employed from the internal governance process of the chain; c)...

Provides a conceptual and normative framework for developing an appropriate policy response to some of the problems posed by the informal economy.

Till the early-1990s the collectively-bargained labour contract (between the trade-union that presented the employees, and the employer or the employers'- association) was the norm in Israel, granting salaried workers a stable and protected labour contract. Thereafter, and more significantly...

Using household survey data from Bangladesh, Brazil and Cambodia, evaluates relationships between the intensity of children's work and health outcomes for children aged 5 to 17 years. Presents the rate of injury risk in function of weekly working hours in agriculture, commerce, services, and...

Describes the methods, assumptions and data utilized to calculate the costs and benefits of eliminating child labour based on the methodology provided by ILO/IPEC.

En la presente publicación, se exploran las dimensiones sociales y del mercado de trabajo de la adaptación, a fin de ayudar a los formuladores y planificadores de políticas a elaborar un enfoque holístico centrado en las personas.

This paper examines the implications of the formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 on Malaysia’s labour market. The discussion centres on the nature of the structural change that Malaysia has experienced, especially since the 1980s, and...