Shared harvests / David Chong    

Public ISBD Titre : Shared harvests : agriculture, trade and employment Type de document : document électronique Auteurs : David Chong, Auteur ; Marion Jansen, Auteur ; Ralf Peters Editeur : Genève [Suisse] : ILO Année de publication : 2013 Importance : 400 p Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : agriculture  Commerce mondial  Emploi  Sécurité alimentaire  Migrations Résumé : Agriculture employs more than a billion people in developing countries, representing 48 per cent of the developing-country labour force. This book analyses how agricultural trade affects labour markets in developing countries and in particular what it implies for the creation and destruction of jobs in the agricultural sector. Given that many agricultural workers are members of poor households, the relationship between trade and jobs in the agricultural sector is highly relevant for poverty reduction and broader development strategies. The book presents the findings of a series of assessments at the country, regional, and global levels of the employment impacts of agricultural trade. It discusses how concerns about agricultural employment are reflected in national trade policies and regional and multilateral trade agreements. Furthermore, the book attempts to shed light on how changes in productivity, food security, rural–urban migration, skills and domestic regulation affect the relationship between trade and employment in the agricultural sector. The evidence presented in this book indicates that agricultural trade is unlikely to produce job miracles or to lead to dramatic job losses. However, agricultural trade can be an opportunity for development and employment. The analysis highlights the importance of gradual trade liberalization with social protection to reduce the vulnerability of agricultural workers and targeted promotion of agricultural productivity to enhance competitiveness in global markets. En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/employment/areas/trade-and-employment/WCMS_212849/lang--en/in [...] Shared harvests : agriculture, trade and employment [document électronique] / David Chong, Auteur ; Marion Jansen, Auteur ; Ralf Peters . - Genève (Suisse) : ILO, 2013 . - 400 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : agriculture  Commerce mondial  Emploi  Sécurité alimentaire  Migrations Résumé : Agriculture employs more than a billion people in developing countries, representing 48 per cent of the developing-country labour force. This book analyses how agricultural trade affects labour markets in developing countries and in particular what it implies for the creation and destruction of jobs in the agricultural sector. Given that many agricultural workers are members of poor households, the relationship between trade and jobs in the agricultural sector is highly relevant for poverty reduction and broader development strategies. The book presents the findings of a series of assessments at the country, regional, and global levels of the employment impacts of agricultural trade. It discusses how concerns about agricultural employment are reflected in national trade policies and regional and multilateral trade agreements. Furthermore, the book attempts to shed light on how changes in productivity, food security, rural–urban migration, skills and domestic regulation affect the relationship between trade and employment in the agricultural sector. The evidence presented in this book indicates that agricultural trade is unlikely to produce job miracles or to lead to dramatic job losses. However, agricultural trade can be an opportunity for development and employment. The analysis highlights the importance of gradual trade liberalization with social protection to reduce the vulnerability of agricultural workers and targeted promotion of agricultural productivity to enhance competitiveness in global markets. En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/employment/areas/trade-and-employment/WCMS_212849/lang--en/in [...]

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Trade and Employment / Marion Jansen    

Public ISBD Titre : Trade and Employment : From Myths to Facts Type de document : document électronique Auteurs : Marion Jansen, Auteur ; Ralf Peters, Auteur ; José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Editeur : Genève [Suisse] : ILO Année de publication : 2011 Importance : 318 p Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Emploi Commerce Tags : Commerce  Libéralisation des échanges  Emploi  Politique de l'emploi  Egalité des chances  Economie informelle  Pays en développement  Pays développés Résumé : Trade negotiations –bilateral, regional or multilateral – routinely lead to debates on the implications for employment. There are promises of new and better jobs as well as concerns over job losses and pressure on wages and labour rights. Factual assessments of the employment and distributional impacts of trade agreements are, however, too often missing. This edited volume tries to address this disconnect between the trade-andemployment linkages in public debates and the relative absence of factual assessments of the employment and distributional implications of trade. The publication is an outcome of a joint project of the European Commission and the International Labour Office on “Assessing and addressing the employment effects of trade”. This publication has three objectives: First, to fill knowledge gaps by taking stock of the existing evidence on trade and employment with a focus on work using recent methodologies and datasets and on work that pays special attention to the functioning of labour markets. Second, to contribute to the design of tools that governments, social partners and experts can use to evaluate the employment effects of trade. And third, to contribute to the design of policy mixes that promote open markets whilst at the same time promoting quality jobs with adequate levels of protection. En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_16229 [...] Trade and Employment : From Myths to Facts [document électronique] / Marion Jansen, Auteur ; Ralf Peters, Auteur ; José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs . - Genève (Suisse) : ILO, 2011 . - 318 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Emploi Commerce Tags : Commerce  Libéralisation des échanges  Emploi  Politique de l'emploi  Egalité des chances  Economie informelle  Pays en développement  Pays développés Résumé : Trade negotiations –bilateral, regional or multilateral – routinely lead to debates on the implications for employment. There are promises of new and better jobs as well as concerns over job losses and pressure on wages and labour rights. Factual assessments of the employment and distributional impacts of trade agreements are, however, too often missing. This edited volume tries to address this disconnect between the trade-andemployment linkages in public debates and the relative absence of factual assessments of the employment and distributional implications of trade. The publication is an outcome of a joint project of the European Commission and the International Labour Office on “Assessing and addressing the employment effects of trade”. This publication has three objectives: First, to fill knowledge gaps by taking stock of the existing evidence on trade and employment with a focus on work using recent methodologies and datasets and on work that pays special attention to the functioning of labour markets. Second, to contribute to the design of tools that governments, social partners and experts can use to evaluate the employment effects of trade. And third, to contribute to the design of policy mixes that promote open markets whilst at the same time promoting quality jobs with adequate levels of protection. En ligne : http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_16229 [...]

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