Examines processes of economic integration and globalization and explores the links between these processes and the world of work. Summarizes regulatory labour standards built into the process of Latin American and Caribbean integration and investigates their effect on the labour market and on...

Argues that the changeover from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) had little effect on industrialization policies of middle-income countries.

Outlines the global structure of the textiles and clothing industry and reviews trading patterns under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour standards as a new non-tariff barrier to trade....

Examines how the development policies used by successful late industrializers would fare under the current WTO regime.

Explores how public actors, especially in home countries, link foreign direct investment (FDI) to labour and employment issues.

Examines the effects on employment and wages of the phasing out of trade quotas implemented under the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, the Multifibre Agreement (MFA). Includes cases studies from seven developing countries, the USA and the European Union.

This paper examines in an integrated manner the multiple dimensions of what has come to be called the “policy space” or “policy autonomy” of developing countries, i.e. their ability to calibrate national policies to local conditions and needs (especially with respect to their development...

Discusses the relationship between labour market regulation and regional trade agreements from both a legal and an economic angle. Examines whether regional trade liberalisation is associated with deterioration of domestic labour standards beyond those reflected in the 1998 ILO Declaration on...

Assesses the obstacles and possibilities of incorporating social concerns relating to labour and employment into regional policies and institutions and looks at what opportunities there are in this area for improvement as well as greater cooperation with the ILO.