Covers the period from 1980s to end of 1990s.

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...

Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).

Reviews the liberalization experience of Bolivia and Chile during the 1990s and argues that the IMF structural reform policy package had serious shortcomings.

Deals with the impact of economic globalization on female employment and considers new areas of paid employment opened up for women.

Analyzes the banana industry crisis and its labour related effects. Highlights the continuing importance of the banana industry to the region.

Covers data from 1990 to 1997.

Assesses the gender-differentiated impact of globalization in the past and the recent financial crisis on employment in the modern formal sector. Provides an economic assessment of the possible future of the formal labour market and suggests various policy options required for the adjustment...