International Labour Review articles from March 2006

International Labour Review archives from March 2006

Introduction.(migration)
March 22, 2006... Migration is the focus of this double issue of the International Labour Review. In its planning stages, however, little did I realize how close migration questions would move to the top of the policy agenda in so many countries. For example,...

The potential of temporary migration programmes in future international migration policy.
March 22, 2006... A number of high-income countries have been considering the (re-) introduction or expansion of temporary migration programmes (TMPs) as a policy instrument for managing labour immigration. For example, the United States is contemplating the...

The globalization of the labour market for health-care professionals.
March 22, 2006... Health-care professionals have long emigrated from developing to developed countries in search of better professional and personal opportunities. However, in recent years this phenomenon has accelerated significantly. Global shortages of...

Competing for talent: China's strategies to reverse the brain drain.
March 22, 2006... For many years, governments and scholars have been bemused by brain drains that rob developing countries of their valuable human talent, as their best and brightest people who go abroad to study opt to stay in the developed world (Dickson,...

Labour market effects of immigration into Italy: an empirical analysis (1).
March 22, 2006... During the 1980s, the southern European countries, including Italy, stopped being migrant-sending countries and became migrant-receiving countries. Since that period, the number of foreign residents in Italy increased from 300,000 in 1980 to...

The internationalization of employment: a challenge to fair globalization? *.(PERSPECTIVES)
March 22, 2006... Calls for the goal of decent work and other employment objectives to be addressed as integral parts of international economic policies have become louder and louder with the spread of globalization. These have of course long been priorities...

The ILO's new Convention on maritime labour: an innovative instrument *.(International Labor Conference)
March 22, 2006... In February 2006, the Maritime Session of the International Labour Conference adopted a consolidated maritime labour Convention. This instrument represents a major breakthrough in several respects. Not only does it embody a comprehensive...

Monitoring Sweatshops: Workers, Consumers, and the Global Apparel Industry.(Globalization and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity in the Americas: The Anti-Sweatshop Movement and the Struggle for Social Justice)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Monitoring sweatshops: Workers, consumers, and the global apparel industry. By Jill ESBENSHADE. Philadelphia, PA, Temple University Press, 2004. xv + 272 pp. Figures, tables, appendices, bibliography, index. ISBN 1-59213-255-3. ...

IUSLabor.(Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales, Revista del Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales (Madrid))(Book review)
March 22, 2006... IUSLabor (Barcelona). A quarterly electronic journal published by Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona. ISSN 1699-2938. Downloadable at: http://www.upf.edu/iuslabor/. Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales. A biannual journal published by the...

Les chantiers de l'economie social et solidaire.(Recent books)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Les chantiers de l'economie social et solidaire. Edited by Alain AMINTAS, Annie GOUZIEN and Pascal PERROT. Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2005. 425 pp. ISBN 2-7535-0171-8. Observers of French social policy-making are used to...

Les mutations de l'emploi en France.(Recent books)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Les mutations de l'emploi en France. By the Institut de recherches economiques et sociales (IRES) (series title: "Collection reperes"). Paris, Editions la Decouverte, 2005. 122 pp. ISBN 2-7071-5441-3. "Employment patterns in France have...

Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia.(Recent books)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Mobility, labour migration and border controls in Asia. Edited by Amarjit KAUR and Ian METCALFE. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. xix + 322 pp. Tables, figures, bibliographies, index. ISBN 4039-8745-9. This very thorough study of...

Nurses on the Move: Migration and the Global Health Care Economy.(Recent Books)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Nurses on the move: Migration and the global health care economy. By Mireille KINGMA. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2006. Bibliography, index. ISBN 978-0-8014-7259-6. On 25 May 2006, the World Health Organization announced the...

Primer centenario de la inspeccion de trabajo y seguridad social. Publicacion conmemorativa.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Primer centenario de la inspeccion de trabajo y seguridad social. Publicacion conmemorativa. A collective work published by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Madrid, 2006. 592 pp. Tables and bibliography. ISBN 84-7850-139-8. ...

Recueil d'ecrits de Pierre Laroque.(Recent books)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Recueil d'ecrits de Pierre Laroque. Paris, Comite d'histoire de la Securite sociale, 2005. 162 pp. ISBN 2-905882-65-4. "Today's society is a landscape of many contrasts-between extreme wealth and extreme poverty, security and insecurity,...

Competing for Global Talent.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Competing for global talent. Edited by Christiane KUPTSCH and Eng Fong PANG. Geneva, ILO International Institute for Labour Studies/Wee Kim Wee Centre, Singapore Management University. ix + 275 pp. Tables, figures, bibliographies. 40 Swiss...

Decent Work: Objectives and Strategies.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Decent work: Objectives and strategies. Edited by Dharam GHAI. Geneva, ILO/IILS, 2006. xiii + 224 pp. Figures, boxes, tables, bibliographies. 30 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-9014-785-7 (printed version). ISBN 92-9014-786-5 (pdf version). This...

Children's Review
March 22, 2006... Decent work in the Americas: An agenda for the Hemisphere, 2006-2015. Sixteenth American Regional Meeting. Report of the Director-General. Geneva, 2006. viii + 85 pp. Tables, figures, appendix. 15 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-118509-5. ILO...

Guidelines for Labour Inspection in Forestry.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Guidelines for labour inspection in forestry. Geneva, 2006. xiii + 104 pp. Tables, boxes, annexes, bibliography. 30 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-218081-X. These comprehensive guidelines provide an overview of international labour standards in...

La reforma laboral en America Latina: 15 anos despues. Un analisis comparado.(New ILO publications)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... La reforma laboral en America Latina: 15 anos despues. Un analisis comparado. Edited by Maria Luz VEGA RUIZ. Lima, ILO, 2005. 280 pp. Tables, figures and appendices. 35 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-318195-X. This is a comprehensive study of...

Maternity at Work: A Review of National Legislation: Findings from the ILO's Conditions of Work and Employment Database.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Maternity at work: A review of national legislation. Findings from the ILO's Conditions of Work and Employment Database. By Ida OUN and Gloria PARDO TRUJILLO. Geneva, 2005. xi + 76 pp. Tables, figures, maps, bibliography. 20 Swiss francs....

Promoting Fair Globalization in Textiles And in a Post-mfa Environment.(New ILO publications)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Promoting fair globalization in textiles and clothing in a post-MFA environment. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Promoting Fair Globalization in Textiles and Clothing in a Post-MFA Environment. Sectoral Activities...

Restructuring for Corporate Success: A Socially Sensitive Approach.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Restructuring for corporate success: A socially sensitive approach. Edited by Nikolai ROGOVSKY. Geneva, 2005. vii + 141 pp. Figures, boxes, tables, bibliography, index. 35 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-115430-0. Today, more than ever before,...

The End of Child Labour: Within Reach.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The end of child labour: Within reach. Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General. International Labour Conference, 95th Session, 2006, Report I (B)....

The Fundamentals of Minimum Wage Fixing.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The fundamentals of minimum wage fixing. By Francois EYRAUD and Catherine SAGET. Geneva, 2005. ix + 140 pp. Tables, figures, annexes, bibliography, index. 30 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-117014-4. The minimum wage has had a long and turbulent...

Trabajo.(New ILO publications)
March 22, 2006... Trabajo. Biannual journal published by the Centro de Analisis del Trabajo, of Mexico City's Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, with support from the ILO and the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Mexico City, Plaza y Valdes Editores. ISSN...

Vocational Education and Training Institutions: A Management Handbook and CD-ROM.(New ILO publications)(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... Vocational education and training institutions: A management handbook and CD-ROM. Designed and edited by Vladimir GASSKOV. Geneva, 2006. xx + 346 pp. Index, CD-ROM. 45 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-117104-3. National vocational education and...

Yearbook of labour statistics 2005 (64th issue) and Sources and methods: Labour statistics (Vols. 1-10).(New ILO publications)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Yearbook of labour statistics 2005 (64th issue) and Sources and methods: Labour statistics (Vols. 1-10). Geneva, 2005. CD-ROM. Single-user 185 Swiss francs; Multi-user 278 Swiss francs. ISBN 92-2-117246-5 (trilingual English/French/Spanish...