Exmines entrepreneurship support programmes in developed countries in order to work out recommendations for developing countries. Identifies constraints facing entrepreneurs and discusses the characteristics of a successful microenterprise. Investigates performance criteria used to evaluate good...

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....

Reviews trends from 1980 to 1996.

Includes excerpts from the draft International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families, under consideration by the UN General Assembly.

Includes excerpts from the draft International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families, under consideration by the UN General Assembly.

Examines how enterprises can restructure in the spirit of social partnership with maximum economic benefits and minimum costs for the workers, communities and society at large.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.