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...

Weltweit rechnet man damit, daß sich die Wirtschaftslage in den nächsten sechs bis zwölf Monaten verschlechtern wird. Nur im Durchschnitt der Niedrigeinkommensländer dominieren nach wie vor positive Erwartungen. Im Hinblick auf die Entwicklung des Außenhandels dominieren weltweit nach wie...

In den USA entsprach die konjunkturelle Verlangsamung im vergangenen Jahr der Strategie des "Soft Landing". Dank des wieder höheren Wachstumstempos in der ersten Jahreshälfte wird das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) 1996 voraussichtlich um knapp 2,5 % zunehmen. Die für 1997 erwartete Rate...

Nach den Meldungen der rund 500 Experten aus 65 Ländern, die sich im Oktober 1994 am "ifo Konjunkturtest international" beteiligten, hat sich das Weltwirtschaftsklima erneut aufhehellt. Die Prognosen der mittelfristigen Entwicklung des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts, die jeweils im Herbst erhoben...

Reviews the principal approaches to social dialogue in the Americas since the 1940s and explores the role of social dialogue as a means of adjustment to the processes of globalization and economic and technological change. Discusses the role of social dialogue in relation to the public sector...

Reviews the principal approaches to social dialogue in the Americas since the 1940s and explores the role of social dialogue as a means of adjustment to the processes of globalization and economic and technological change. Discusses the role of social dialogue in relation to the public sector...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the employment implications of disarmament - based on data from Western Europe and North America and assuming an employment policy of full employment, considers unemployment, and the potential for reassignment and labour utilization with regard to the...

North American urban areas have changed dramatically over the last four decades. While downtowns were thought to be in long-term decline 40 years ago, central business districts are today the most vibrant residential and commercial centers throughout a largely suburban continent. This paper...