Examines, in particular, programmes set up under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act, which operated from 1977 to 1981.

Analyses the role of information in gaining a better understanding of the labour and employment effects of foreign direct investment (FDI). Outlines features of voluntary corporate reporting and of national reporting requirements in Belgium, France, and the United States.

Focuses on the period from the 1970s.

Based on national data on employment for all employees and for selected industries thought to be most affected by the terrorist attacks.

The purpose of this study is to promote action through the provision of practical examples of programmes that have contributed to breaking the isolation of homeworkers, making them aware of their rights, helping them to organize and to increase their bargaining power, and generally improving...

The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment impacts of trade and investments abroad, including highly controversial themes as off-shoring of the production of goods and services. A second objective was to debate the options...

Explains the purpose and value of social dialogue, and its forms and actors. Gives best-practice experiences from selected countries, followed by policy issues and checklists for strengthening social dialogue. Appends excerpts from ILO Conventions Nos. 87, 98, 135, 151 and 154.