Analyses the framework and processes of labour relations and social partnership at the national level in Barbados and explores experiences of social dialogue in relation to improving productivity, technical and vocational education, occupational health and safety and in the tourism sector....

Describes three phases of restructuring and privatization under different administrations between 1986 and 1998 and examines the impact of these changes on employment. Describes different types of privatization and analyses the restructuring of utilities, wholly state-owned companies and...

Export processing zones (EPZs) or free zones as they are called in Malaysia have played an important role in promoting manufactured exports. The Malaysian Government enacted the Investment Incentive Act in 1968 to promote the growth and development of labour-intensive export-oriented...

Covers trends from 1987 to 1998. Includes comparisons with MERCOSUR countries.

ILO pub. Working paper on the employment effects of multinational enterprises in export processing zones in the Caribbean, esp. Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica - covers exports of industrial products, foreign investment, ownership of export oriented industry, employment creation,...