Analyses the different dimensions of social protection within the context of life cycle events, considering not only working life but also childhood and old age. Explores a broader concept of social protection based on guaranteeing access to essential goods and services, promoting active...

Analyses the different dimensions of social protection within the context of life cycle events, considering not only working life but also childhood and old age. Explores a broader concept of social protection based on guaranteeing access to essential goods and services, promoting active...

Reviews from a comparative perspective the context, mandate, work process, reports, and impact of eleven commissions, including, e.g., the Brandt Commission on North-South cooperation, the Brundtland Commission on environment and development.

Assesses the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the motor vehicle industry in two areas of Brazil, focusing on the development of regional institutions to support social dialogue. Examines the flow of FDI into the Brazilian motor vehicle industry during the late 1990s, describes the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper giving evaluation of the Indonesian land settlement programme - sketches historical background; describes selection criteria for migrants and suitable sites, preparation of land, and the provision of social services (transport, food, housing etc); discusses...