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National Policy on Skill development
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2012
Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. Countries with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of world of work. [Ministry of Labour and Employment on eSS] [
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945346
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Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-trade Certification
Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2009
growing “ethical trade†products. This market development trend utilizes certification systems that ensure the impartiality … of assessing products produced in developing countries.This paper assesses how the conditions under organic certification … and fair-trade certification directly and indirectly contribute to the achievement of the MDG targets.[ADBI WP NO. 115] …
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Prospects for Regional Cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Asia and Pacific Region: Perspective from East Asia
Medalla, Erlinda M.; Balboa, Jenny D. - eSocialSciences - 2010
The Asia and Pacific region and Latin America and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic distance, but also by disparities in economics, politics, culture, and history. Most recently, a number of forums explored the possibility of closing such gaps and linking the...
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Decline in Birth rate in Kerala
Nair, P R Gopinathan - eSocialSciences - 2010
The rapid decline in mortality rates, rendered possible by the spread of modern medicine and public health services, and the high and unchanging fertility rates are generally considered portents of imminent population explosions in many underdeveloped countries of Asia and Latin America. The...
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Book Review: Revisiting the Labour Movement
Blanchard, Peter - eSocialSciences - 2006
Review of Vincent C. Peloso(ed) Work, Protest, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Latin America, Jaguar Books on Latin America Series. The book is obviously designed for those teaching courses on 20th century labour movements, providing both suggested readings and suggested films in the field,...
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Socioeconomic Factors and All Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among Older People in Latin America, India, and China: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Ferri, Cleusa P; Acosta, Daisy - eSocialSciences - 2012
The vital status of 12,373 people aged 65 years and over was determined 3–5 years after baseline survey in sites in Latin America, India, and China. Crude and standardised mortality rates are reported, standardized mortality ratios comparing mortality experience with that in the United...
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013: A Generation at Risk
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2014
This issue of Global Employment Trends for Youth provides an update on youth labour markets around the world, focusing both on the continuing labour market crisis and on structural issues in youth labour markets. The report provides an overview of youth labour markets at the global and regional...
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Privatized Retirement And how the Current Crisis has Worsen Worker’s Losses
Gripp, Camila - eSocialSciences - 2009
The debate around retrenchment of pension systems became really popular in the 1990’s after the pioneering experience of Chile in 1981.The disastrous outcomes of the Chilean reform were widely known by the 2000’s although no relevant steps backwards were taken. This paper analyses...
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PRC-Latin America Economic Cooperation: Going beyond Resource and Manufacturing Complementarity
Zhai, Fan; Kawai, Masahiro - eSocialSciences - 2009
Despite the rapid development of economic interaction between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, their trade and investment ties are still in their very early stages, and the complementarily of factor endowments dominates their bilateral...
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Global Warming and Agriculture: New Country Estimates Show Developing Countries Face Declines in Agricultural Productivity
Cline, William R - eSocialSciences - 2009
There is a growing recognition that global warming is a problem, but little attention has been paid to the likely impact at the country level, especially in the developing world. The stakes for world agriculture, with special attention to China, India, Brazil, and the poor countries of the...
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