Analyses the characteristics of qualifications and evaluates their impact on the functioning of the labour market.

Covers the period from the 1980s to 1990.

Examines processes of economic integration and globalization and explores the links between these processes and the world of work. Summarizes regulatory labour standards built into the process of Latin American and Caribbean integration and investigates their effect on the labour market and on...

Examines how the development policies used by successful late industrializers would fare under the current WTO regime.

Argues that the effects of financial liberalization on employment and incomes often carry disturb economic and social development and that financial liberalization warrants at least as much attention as trade liberalization. Compares and weighs the potential benefits in terms of growth against...

Reviews trends in global inequality (between countries and within countries) during the 1980s and 1990s and analyses changes in income concentration during the first wave of globalization, 1870-1912. Finds evidence which indicates that global inequality has risen during the past two decades and...

Argues that the global organization of production accounts for much of the expansion in trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) and that the functional integration of production activites in different locations has led to an intensification of global economic integration.

Examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers.