Consits of two parts: the first part draws together the presentations and discussion of the ILO research roundtable, May 2009 ; and the second part sheds light on the auto industry in five countries.

Studies conditions of occupational safety and health for migrant workers in five Asia-Pacific in response to the growing concern on the improvement of safety, health and working conditions for migrant workers. It presents trends and facts within the five target countries' OSH environments for...

The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the present state of the steel industry in a number of countries in the developed world and compare the incentives provided to corporations to undertake investments that are created by the tax systems in these countries. In all, the tax...

This paper evaluates the degree to which the American tax treatment of foreign earned income neutralizes the incentive effects of change in Canadian corporation income tax policies. The value of the tax transfers that would take place between the United States and Canadian treasuries for various...

The purpose of this paper is to carry out a series of empirical estimates of the relative impact of a series of changes in the Canadian taxation of income generated by foreign-owned investments on: 1) The change in Canadian tax revenues 2) The tax transfer to or from the U.S. Treasury, and 3)...

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 1986 tax reform in Bolivia was comprehensive and highly successful. Since that time the economy has moved from a state of hyperinflation to one of economic stability and growth. As this process continues there will be a need for additional government revenues to develop social and physical...