Presents the characteristics of local social dialogue, and how it can contribute to improve labour conditions and businesses in key sectors of the urban economy. Gives insights on how sectoral workers and enterprises can get together with government authorities to discuss issues of common...

Focuses on the role of collective bargaining in strengthening vocational training in the 1990s in the context of globalization.

Presents a comparative study of legislation on vocational training adopted in recent years.

Analyses the characteristics of qualifications and evaluates their impact on the functioning of the labour market.

The Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) has been a spearhead demand of civil society for some 15 years now. Initially put on the table by the UNDP in 1996 as an instrument of innovative financing for development, also its regulatory dimension surfaced after the Asian financial crisis 1997/98. While...

A paper by Kuhlmann, in List Forum, Band 30, 2004, Heft 1, pp 49-68 is commented. Some most obvious errors are corrected. Three different problems of the electricity industry are identified. These are the management of transmission and distribution networks, the incentives to build sufficient...