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Labour standards defined by the ILO in 1998 are universal but applied very differently in countries. They are much better respected in high income countries. However, the causality between labour standards and growth remains a controversial issue. The strategies of export-led growth might...
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Labour standards defined by the ILO in 1998 are universal but applied very differently in countries. They are much better respected in high income countries. However, the causality between labour standards and growth remains a controversial issue. The strategies of export-led growth might...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073053
Core labour standards defined by the ILO in 1998 are universal, but applied very differently across countries. Compliance is much higher in high income countries. However, the causality between improved labour standards and economic growth remains a controversial issue. Export-led growth...
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theory. The impact on poverty is more consistent to economic theory. These studies suggest that trade is not the main factor …
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The new round of multilateral negotiations ("Round") opened in Doha in 2001, stalled and was unable to achieve a final agreement, which, in all cases, should not be readily ratified by the US Congress. This delay is mainly due to the changing environment which is sometimes a consequence of the...
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(with GDP growing by 8 per cent and 10 per cent per year, respectively). The increase of the Vietnamese share of world trade … the World Trade Organization (WTO). This paper addresses this question with regard to Vietnam, who joined the WTO at the … describing economic reform and trade policies in Vietnam, and their results in terms of economic growth and world integration. We …
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Since the 1990s, we have seen a proliferation of bilateral trade agreements. Many of these have encompassed topics that are not directly linked to trade, such as political institutions, sustainable development, labour standards or competition policy. The European Union itself is caught up in...
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