Explores the development of thinking on structural adjustment during the 1980s and 1990s, highlighting the pro-liberalization ideological basis of programmes designed by the Bretton Woods institutions and the Washington Consensus. Describes the poor results of these programmes and assesses the...

Focuses on the implications of corporate restructuring for employment and industrial relations, illustrated by case studies. Covers the period from 2005 to 2009.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, capital goods, technology, industrial development, trends, 1955-1978, Colombia - supply and demand, choice of product, Innovation, technology transfer, obstacles, tariff policy, research policy. Bibliography, diagram, statistical tables.

Analyses restructuring and the role of social dialogue in Brazil's chemical industry in the 2000s.

Cubre el período de los años 1990.

The paper “At work but earning less: Trends in decent pay and minimum wages for young people” reviews existing literature and analyses recent data on young workers’ earnings. The findings of the paper point to the increase over time of the youth wage discount, i.e. the wage gap between...