Provides a picture of social expenditures along a comparitive line. Outlines coverage and adequacy of benefits regarding old age, disability, unemployment, sickness, birth of a child, etc. Includes the poverty rates and dependency ratios as well as the pension contribution rates for eight...

Based on a survey of 400 enterprises, draws conclusions about the length, methodology, impact and costs of social auditing undergone during the past two years.

Covers the period from 1989 to 1992.

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...

Discusses the pattern of direct foreign investment by MNEs and its role in industrial development of export oriented industry (manufacturing) and in employment creation; examines the geographic distribution of EPZs, etc.

Reviews the key economic characteristics of the globalization process and examines its impact on employment, poverty, inequality, global insecurity, child labour, gender issues and migration. Explores national and international policy responses, highlighting the importance of trade negotiations...