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Describes the activities of Youth Business International (YBI) in aiding unemployed young people to become entrepreneurs.
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Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.
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Reviews the key economic characteristics of the globalization process and examines its impact on employment, poverty, inequality, global insecurity, child labour, gender issues and migration. Explores national and international policy responses, highlighting the importance of trade negotiations...
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Examines the effects of awareness-raising programmes at different levels of education on the promotion of self-employment and entrepreneurship as career options for young people entering the labour market. Provides examples of programmes in developed, developing and transition countries,...
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Examines trends in occupational stress and violence experienced by rural and urban transport workers, railway employees, taxi drivers, road freight drivers, and air traffic controllers. Does not cover violence on board civil aircraft.
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Suggests reforming the IMF's approach on its lending strategies to low and middle income countries, better crisis intervention and debt workout mechanisms as well as transforming the IMF into a more multilateral institution.
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