August 2010

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Trade and Employment in the Global Crisis

Posted by Brookings: Books and Journals on 31 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

In many low- and middle-income countries, the global financial crisis has led to significant losses of jobs and pressures on real wages. Based on the findings of ILO-sponsored country studies of employment impacts, this book analyzes how crossborder trade has acted as a transmission channel, spreading the crisis to developing states.

Offshoring and Working Conditions in Remote Work

Posted by Brookings: Books and Journals on 31 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

This book examines and provides a historical context for the development of the business-process outsourcing industry, based on case study analysis of working conditions in four countries where this industry is large or growing—Argentina, Brazil, India, and the Philippines.

Trade and Employment in the Global Crisis

Posted by Brookings: Books and Journals on 31 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

In many low- and middle-income countries, the global financial crisis has led to significant losses of jobs and pressures on real wages. Based on the findings of ILO-sponsored country studies of employment impacts, this book analyzes how crossborder trade has acted as a transmission channel, spreading the crisis to developing states.

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