Covers the period from the 1980s to 1990.

Analyses the evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the increasing role of transnational companies for the domestic economies of three Latin American countries in the period 1990-2003. Describes the impact of FDI on employment and wages of different sectors and the shift from the State...

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

Basado en una investigación realizada entre 2000 y 2001 en varios países latinoamericanos, describe la metodología utilizada para analizar los costos laborales asociados a la contratación, y en especial los referidos a la protección de la maternidad y el cuidado infantil.

Aims at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions. Uses interviews carried out with ILO and WHO staff members from different departments and programmes, completed with interviews with professionals from other...

Shows that diffusion of microelectronic machinery has not progressed far and that labour displacement effects do not appear very important at this stage.