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Homeworkers : towards improving their working conditions in the textile, clothing and footwear industries
Barme, Catherine - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
This report gives a broad, though not exhaustive outline of the conditions of work of homeworkers in the TCF industries, highlighting their problems. It describes the role and importance of home work in these industries within the context of recent globalization trends and brings out the extreme...
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Homeworkers in Paraguay
Heikel, María Victoria - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).
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Home work in selected Latin American countries : a comparative overview
Tomei, Manuela - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
Covers data from 1990 to 1997.
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A rapid assessment of bonded labour in the carpet industry of Pakistan
Mueen Nasir, Zafar - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Based on field work in four provinces of Pakistan. Examines labour arrangements and working conditions in the carpet …
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Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Climate Trade Performance of India, SAARC and Asia Pacific Region
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
identifies India’s performance in CFG trade with other Asian nations. Most of the countries in Asia are importers of climate … China, Hong Kong and Japan, and Asia Pacific region are major exporter of CFG during 2002-2008. Competitiveness of India …, China and South Korea has improved in 2008. Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, and India prefer to trade in CFG regionally and have shown …
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Social Protection in the Informal Economy: Home based women workers and outsourced manufacturing in Asia
Biggeri, Mario; Mehrotra, Santosh - 2002
Home based work has a dual and contradictory character: on the one hand, as a source of income diversification for poor workers and the emergence of micro-enterprises, yet on the other, it is a source of exploitation of vulnerable workers as firms attempt to contain costs. This paper examines...
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Women's work in South Asia : a situational analysis and policy concerns
Mukhopadhyay, Swapna - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999
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Anticipated effects of foreign currency reserve diversification in Asian countries: Do China and India matter for coordination?
Sell, Friedrich L. - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 1, pp. 32-38
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The hidden MSE service sector : research into commercial BDS provision to micro and small enterprises in Viet Nam and Thailand
Anderson, Gavin - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
Thailand and Viet Nam. Examines the types of services provided and identifies different methods of service provision: purchased …
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Effets indirects des entreprises multinationales sur l'emploi des pays d'accueil: Methodologie d'analyse et etudes de cas.
C, Dupuy; J, Savary - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993
Presents eight case studies of the indirect effects of multinationals on employment in six host countries. Includes a sample set of questionnaires addressed to local production units, sub-contractors and multinational subsidiaries contacted in the Brazilian study.
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