Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Chilean port of Valparaiso from 1981 to 1999.

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Peruvian port of Callao.

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Colombian port of Buenaventura.

Reflects the authors' experience gained in their work of promoting the ILO Declaration, notably in Latin America.

Covers data from 1990 to 1997.

Looks at three different patterns that limit competitiveness: a) questionable working conditions in export processing zones or within global value chains that are driven by a foreign or multinational enterprise; b) exclusion of self-employed from the internal governance process of the chain; c)...

Examines the impact of privatization and decentralization on public sector labour-management relations in the municipalities, with a particular focus on health services.