Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Authors' preface -- 1. An international organization for social justice -- A "wild dream" -- The central ideas -- Tripartism -- The system of international labour standards -- The ILO in a changing world -- 2. Human rights and rights at work -- Introduction --...

On the basis of an overview of the existing academic economic literature, the study provides an impartial view of what can be said, and with what degree of confidence, on the relationship between trade and employment, an often contentious issue of public debate. Its focus is on the connections...