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I L O P U B L I C AT I O N S

TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                3

 4   LABOUR ISSUES AND LABOUR LAW

 8   EMPLOYMENT

12   SOCIAL PROTECTION

14   W
      ORKING CONDITIONS
     A N D O C C U P AT I O N A L S A F E T Y A N D H E A LT H

16   CHILD LABOUR

18   G E N D E R I S S U E S A N D W O M E N AT W O R K

20   TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT

23   INDEX

58   ILO FIELD OFFICES, DISTRIBUTORS AND SALES AGENTS

64   ORDER FORM
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                               There Is an Alternative                             The Role of Collective                           Regulating for Decent Work
                               Economic policies and labour strategies             Bargaining in the Global                         New directions in labour market regulation
                               beyond the mainstream                                                                                Edited by Sangheon Lee and Deirdre McCann
                               Edited by Nicolas Pons-Vignon                       Economy
                                                                                                                                    Regulating the labour market is a distortion
                                                                                   Negotiating for social justice
                4              Since the start of the global economic crisis,
                                                                                   Edited by Susan Hayter
                                                                                                                                    for some, a panacea for others. This book
                               economists and trade unionists have sought                                                           provides the ingredients for those who wish
                               to engage in dialogue with government and           Susan Hayter has put together a first-rate       to transcend simple positions. Drawing on
                               business, hoping to arrive at the adoption          set of authors and chapters on the positive      empirical, interdisciplinary and compara-
                               of balanced policies that would deliver an          role collective bargaining and employee voice    tive perspectives, this unique collection es-
LABOUR ISSUES AND LABOUR LAW

                               equitable and sustainable recovery. But some        have to play in the global economy of the        tablishes the moral and economic case for
                               years on, countries have failed to break with       twenty-first century. Examples from numer-       regulation, identifies the circumstances
                               the economic regime that caused the crisis,         ous countries illustrate how negotiation and     that make regulation effective, and reveals
                               and in many, austerity programmes are being         dialogue can lead to a win–win outcome of        the gap between “law on the books” and
                               adopted and social and labour rights are            improved economic performance and en-            “law in action”. A significant resource for
                               under attack.                                       hanced equality and social justice.              scholars and policy-makers who are engaged
                                                                                   Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University, USA     in thinking about regulation as part of a just
                               Achieving a meaningful reduction in in­-                                                             regime market.
                               equality and the power of finance requires          Participation in the global economy can con-     Guy Mundlak, Tel Aviv University
                               both the formulation of convincing policy           tribute to growth and development but, as
                               alternatives and the determination to see           the recent financial crisis demonstrated, such   This book is an international and interdis­
                               them realized. The short articles here, from        participation can also threaten employment,      ciplinary response to the neoliberal ideologies
                               the Global Labour Column, show that one-            wages and labour standards. This volume          that have shaped labour market regulation in
                               dimensional thinking has been a major reason        examines the role that collective bargaining     recent decades. It draws on contributions by
                               for the severity of the crisis. The contributions   plays in ensuring that participation in the      leading experts across a range of disciplines,
                               give an insightful overview of current labour       global economy is balanced, fair and just.       including economics, law, political science
                               struggles around the world as well as the                                                            and industrial relations. International in
                               institutional measures that have proven suc-        Collective bargaining is often seen either as
                                                                                                                                    scope, it includes chapters on both advanced
                               cessful. The programme the authors propose          an impediment to the smooth functioning of
                                                                                                                                    economies and the developing world. The
                               is ambitious, as it implies reversing deep          markets, or as ineffective. This book focuses
                                                                                                                                    volume identifies central themes in the con-
                               trends such as the exclusion of many workers        on the other side of the story and demon-
                                                                                                                                    temporary regulation of labour, including the
                               from wage negotiations, growing casualiza-          strates the positive contribution that collec-
                                                                                                                                    role of empirical research in assessing and
                               tion and increasing wage inequality, but such       tive bargaining can make to both economic
                                                                                                                                    supporting labour market interventions, the
                               ambition is necessary if there is to be an          and social goals. No one size fits all and
                                                                                                                                    regulation of precarious work and the emer-
                               alternative.                                        the various contributions examine how this
                                                                                                                                    gence of new types of labour markets. Each
                                                                                   fundamental principle and right at work is
                                                                                                                                    theme is explored through key contributions
                                                                                   realized in different country settings and how
                                                                                                                                    by leading experts. Chapters cover issues
                               June 2011          xvi+130 pp.                      its practice can be reinforced across borders.
                                                                                                                                    that include labour market uncertainty, the
                                                                                   The volume also highlights the numerous
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                                                                                                                                    tives. In contrast to the dominant deregula-
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                                                                                                                                    tory approaches, it calls for labour market
                                                                                   Co-published with Edward Elgar.                  regulation to be reinvigorated.

                                                                                   June 2011         x+316 pp.                      Co-published with Palgrave Macmillan.
                                                                                   Paperback         ISBN 978-92-2-124099-0         July 2011          xvi+364 pp
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International Labour                            The Employment                                   The Global Crisis
Standards Electronic Library                    Relationship                                     Causes, responses and challenges
ILSE 2011                                       A comparative overview                           A well-coordinated, professional and efficient
                                                Edited by Giuseppe Casale                        labour administration machinery is essential
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                                                The issue of who is or is not in an employ-
                                                                                                 to the effective governance of the labour          5
Wide-ranging, valuable and user-friendly,                                                        market.
ILSE is an electronic reference library of      ment relationship has become problematic
                                                in recent decades as a result of major           This important collection of essays brings
basic international labour standards docu-
                                                changes in work organization as well as in       together the main findings of ILO research
ments, including:

                                                                                                                                                    LABOUR ISSUES AND LABOUR LAW
                                                the adequacy of legal regulation in adapting     since the start of the global financial and
• ILO Conventions                              to such changes. In different parts of the       economic crisis in 2008. With contributions
                                                world there are increasing difficulties with     from diverse research disciplines, the volume
• Recommendations                                                                               provides new perspectives on employment
                                                establishing whether or not an employment
• Constitution                                 relationship exists in situations where the      and income-led growth and the role of regu-
                                                respective rights and obligations of the par-    lation, and makes policy recommendations
•S
  tanding Orders of the International Labour   ties concerned are not clear, where there has    for the future.
 Conference                                     been an attempt to disguise the employment
                                                                                                 The collection presents the different policy
• General Surveys                              relationship, or where inadequacies or gaps
                                                                                                 responses that have been put in place in
                                                exist in legal frameworks or in their inter-
•D
  igest of Decisions of the Committee on                                                        different regions and assesses their effects.
                                                pretation or application. Vulnerable workers
 Freedom of Association                                                                          It also examines the reforms that are needed
                                                tend to suffer most in these situations. At
                                                                                                 in labour markets, incomes, enterprises and
                                                the same time, social partners and labour
•D
  eclaration on Fundamental Principles and                                                      social protection to achieve a sustainable
                                                administrators emphasize that globalization
 Rights at Work                                                                                  recovery in the world of work. The role of
                                                has increased the need for protection, in par-
                                                                                                 social dialogue in overcoming obstacles to
• Global Reports                               ticular against the circumvention of national
                                                                                                 the implementation of these reforms and in
                                                labour legislation by contractual and/or other
and the recent publications on international                                                     ensuring their equity is discussed. Finally, the
                                                legal arrangements.
labour standards.                                                                                volume looks at how globalization of trade
                                                Accordingly, the employment relationship         and finance can be made fairer.
A selection of further texts is available in    is coming under more and more scrutiny
Arabic, Chinese, German, Portuguese and         not only from labour lawyers, but also from      June 2011          xx+240 pp
Russian.                                        workers, employers and the judiciary. Changes    Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-124579-7
                                                in the world of work are continuing to modify                       CHF 50
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                                                regions of the world.
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Labour Law and Worker                              International and                                  Fundamentals of Labour
                               Protection in Developing                           Comparative Labour Law                             Administration
                               Countries                                          Current challenges                                 Giuseppe Casale and Alagandram Sivananthiran

                               Edited by Tzehainesh Teklè                         Arturo Bronstein                                   A well-coordinated, professional and efficient
                6              This important new study shifts the focus          Written by a leading expert in labour law, this    labour administration machinery is essential
                                                                                  invaluable study provides a comprehensive          to the effective governance of the labour
                               of scholarly and policy debates on the role                                                           market.
                               of labour law in an era of globalization away      analysis of the challenges facing labour law
                               from the countries and labour law systems          in the twenty-first century across the globe. It   This unique volume clearly sets out the
LABOUR ISSUES AND LABOUR LAW

                               of the North to those of the global South.         focuses in particular on labour law and inter-     role, functions and organization of labour
                               Placing its analysis within the context of the     national trade, the employment relationship        administration, highlighting the relationship
                               current scholarly debates on the challenges        and the fundamental rights of the person in        between social policy and economic policy,
                               and future of labour law, the book critically      the employer/employee relationship, work in        and identifying the vast array of services to
                               reviews the relevant literature and reflects       the informal economy and outsourced work,          which most people have access during their
                               upon the way in which workers’ protection          as well as discussing the most noteworthy          working lives.
                               tends to be conceptualized, as well as on the      changes in labour law at the regional level.
                                                                                                                                     It gives a comprehensive overview of the
                               adequacy of the legal categories and tools         The international nature of global supply          main principles of labour administration,
                               used to further it, with special attention given   chains means that nationally defined labour        covering labour legislation, industrial rela-
                               to the effectiveness of labour legislation in      laws are increasingly unable to provide effec-     tions, working conditions and employment,
                               promoting gender equality.                         tive protection against inhumane working           and describes ways in which current chal-
                               The book argues that, in addition to problems      conditions. The author offers different ap-        lenges can be met through policy, organiza-
                               in the application of labour law, there is a       proaches to improving the effectiveness of         tion, coordination and management.
                               mismatch between the realities of the devel-       labour law in the globalized era, including
                                                                                  ratification of ILO Conventions, the har­          This book will be an invaluable resource for
                               oping world and the social, economic and
                                                                                  monization of labour legislation in areas          labour administrators, labour inspectors,
                               political underpinnings of labour law. This
                                                                                  with an important trade market, the inclu-         conciliators, employment service officials,
                               dates back to its development in post-colonial
                                                                                  sion of social clauses in international trade      governments, workers, employers, researchers
                               African and South Asian countries and, to a
                                                                                  agreements, and the application of corporate       and professionals.
                               lesser extent, in Latin American ones. The
                               divergence persists, while new manifestations      social codes across supply chains.
                                                                                                                                     February 2010      xvi+92 pp.
                               have appeared due to globalization, leaving        Co-published with Palgrave Macmillan.              Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-122999-5
                               a significant number of workers outside the
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NEW !

             Global Employment Trends                         Global Employment Trends                          World of Work Report 2010
             2011                                             for Youth                                         From one crisis to the next ?
                                                                                                                International Institute for Labour Studies
             The challenge of a jobs recovery                 August 2010
             The annual Global Employment Trends report       Incorporating the most recent labour market       Economic recovery from the crisis triggered
     8       provides the latest global and regional esti-    information available, this report examines       by the collapse of Lehman Brothers in
             mates of employment and unemployment,            the vulnerability of youth to unemployment        2008 remains both weak and uneven across
             employment by sector, vulnerable employ-         and decent work deficits. It shows where          countries. The result is persistently high un­-
             ment, labour productivity and working poverty,   progress has or has not been made in terms        employment in some countries, and growing
                                                                                                                job precariousness almost everywhere. In
EMPLOYMENT

             while also analysing country-level issues and    of tapping the energy, talent and creativity of
             trends in the labour market.                     young people for the benefit of the economy’s     the countries where the crisis originated,
                                                              productive potential. It updates the world and    the financial system remains dysfunctional,
             This year’s report is the first to assess how    regional youth labour market indicators and       thereby affecting enterprise investment and
             the world’s labour markets have been faring      gives detailed analyses of longer-term trends     further delaying a job recovery.
             during the ongoing economic recovery and         in youth population, labour force, employ-
             to provide projections of employment and                                                           •W
                                                                                                                  hen will employment recover strongly
                                                              ment and unemployment, while providing             enough to mitigate the effects of the crisis?
             unemployment prospects for the world as a        a first glimpse at new estimates of working
             whole as well as the various regions. Chapter    poverty among youth.                              • Is there a significant risk that the poor
             1 focuses on the macroeconomic context                                                               employment prospects will lead to social
             for growth and employment and notes that         As the first in the Global Employment               unrest and erode confidence in policy-
             the persistently high levels of unemployment     Trends for Youth series to be written during        makers’ ability to provide solutions to the
             stand in stark contrast to the recovery seen     the global economic and financial crisis,           crisis that are both effective and fair?
             in several key macroeconomic indicators:         the report shows that the impacts of the
             global GDP, consumption, world trade and         crisis have proven to be disproportionately       •W
                                                                                                                  hat is the room to manoeuvre for gov-
             many equity markets had all recovered by         severe for young people around the world.          ernments to support employment recovery
             2010, surpassing pre-crisis levels. Chapter      In developed economies, the crisis has led         while at the same time reducing budget
             2 provides an overview of global trends in       to the highest youth unemployment level            deficits?
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                                                                                                                  ow can well-designed employment and
             participation, vulnerable employment,            developing economies – where 90 per cent           wage policies support more balanced
             working poverty and other key indicators.        of the world’s youth live – it threatens to        growth in countries with large trade sur-
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             the various regions of the world. Chapter 4      will add to the number of young people in          global recovery?
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             without addressing job creation will further     ation. The report also offers valuable lessons       reformed to serve the needs of the real
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From the Great Recession to                      Assessing Green Jobs                              Job-rich Growth in Asia
Labour Market Recovery                           Potential in Developing                           Strategies for local employment, skills
                                                                                                   development and social protection
Issues, evidence and policy options              Countries                                         Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Kees Van Der Ree,
Edited by Iyanatul Islam and Sher Verick                                                           Sylvain Giguère and Aurelio Parisotto
                                                 A practitioner’s guide
The Great Recession was one of the most          Andrew Jarvis, Adarsh Varma and Justin Ram        Developing Asia is currently leading the
                                                                                                                                                     9
traumatic global events of the first decade of                                                     world’s economic rebound from the global
the twenty-first century. This book showcases    A number of studies for industrialized coun-
                                                 tries assess how a transition to a sustainable,   economic and financial crisis. The region has
research undertaken by leading experts on the                                                      been hailed as the quickest to emerge, with
                                                 low-carbon economy might affect employ-

                                                                                                                                                     EMPLOYMENT
macroeconomic and labour market dimen-                                                             the recovery marking a clear V-shape while
sions of the financial crisis of 2007–09. It     ment. These typically find overall job gains
                                                 compared to “business-as-usual” scenarios.        in other parts of the world the final shape
provides a global overview, interpreting the                                                       still remains uncertain. This strong recovery
causes, consequences and policy responses        The more detailed of these studies address
                                                 not just changes in the total number of jobs,     is largely due to China’s rapid return to high
to the Great Recession from the perspective                                                        growth rates, its huge stimulus package and
of both developing and developed countries.      but also underlying job movements as well as
                                                 the quality of jobs. Such knowledge is vital to   its growing demand for imports provided a
The contributions trace the Great Recession’s    informing policies that enable a just transi-     significant boost to regional exporters from
complex and multiple causes, ranging from        tion to a green economy, yet there are few        neighbouring economies. Economic growth
market, policy and regulatory failures to        comparable studies for developing countries.      has also regained strong momentum in
global imbalances. Since different countries     A key bottleneck is the scarcity of informa-      the other large emerging economies of the
– particularly the developing ones – have        tion, particularly employment and production      region. If economic recovery is well on its
been affected variously, the authors delin-      data on green jobs as well as on linkages         way, however, lagging employment growth and
eate the diversity in the macroeconomic and      with the rest of the economy. As part of the      widespread underemployment and poverty
labour market consequences. The impacts          ILO’s Global Green Jobs Programme, this           are putting strains on labour markets and
on specific population groups are also ana-      guide provides practical solutions tailored to    posing significant social challenges. The least
lysed, for instance youth, which has been        the considerations of developing countries        developed economies of the region remain
especially hard hit in the OECD countries.       that can help fill these information gaps. The    particularly vulnerable to a volatile inter-
Noting particularly the need for a combination   guide adopts a menu approach, providing           national economic environment.
of sound macroeconomic and labour market         policy-makers with a range of options that        This ILO-OECD report reviews some of the
policies, the authors explore policy options     take into account time and resource con-          main labour market and social policy chal-
for a post-crisis future. The volume argues      straints as well as policy priorities. Though     lenges that developing Asia faces. The report
that such a future would entail a renewed        meant to stand on its own, the guide also         proposes a development approach that inte-
commitment to full employment and global         serves as a companion to a series of country      grates skills, employment and social pro-
collective action to advance the cause of        studies published separately by the ILO,          tection with local development strategies to
“fair globalization”.                            which provide country-specific details on         achieve more “sustainable and balanced”
                                                 how the guide can be applied.                     patterns of growth. It provides guidance on
This book is essential reading for all inter-
ested in labour economics, employment                                                              how to implement employment and skills
                                                 June 2011         x+82 pp.
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                                                                                                     ILO Summit on the Global Jobs
                                                                                                     Crisis
                                                                                                     ••2010 – 220 pp.
                                                                                                     ••ISBN 978-92-2-122700-7
                                                                                                     ••CHF 35; USD 32; GBP 20; EUR 23
                                                                                                     Also available in French and Spanish

                                                                                                     World of Work Report 2009
                                                                                                     The global jobs crisis and beyond
                                                                                                     International Institute for Labour Studies
Trade and Employment                             International Labour                                ••2010 – xvi+120 pp.
in the Global Crisis                             Migration                                           ••ISBN 978-92-9014-908-8
                                                                                                     ••CHF 50; USD 50; GBP 30; EUR 35
Marion Jansen and Erik von Uexkull               A rights-based approach                             Co-published in India with
                                                                                                     Academic Foundation
In many low- and middle-income coun-             This book offers a comprehensive and acces-
tries, the global financial crisis has led to    sible overview of international labour migra-                                                    11
significant losses of jobs and pressures on      tion and the ILO’s efforts to protect migrant       World of Work Report 2008
real wages. Based on the findings of ILO-        workers through a rights-based approach.            Income inequalities in the age
sponsored country studies of employment          It gives new insights into the factors that         of financial globalization
impacts, this book analyses how cross-border                                                         International Institute for Labour Studies

                                                                                                                                                  EMPLOYMENT
                                                 motivate people to seek work outside their
trade has acted as a transmission channel,       country of origin and the significant develop-      ••2008 – xii+250 pp.
spreading the crisis to developing states.       ment effects on both origin and destination         ••ISBN 978-92-9014-868-5
Key topics covered include how changes           countries. Exposing the often limited access        ••CHF 50; USD 50; GBP 25; EUR 35
in trade flows affect the labour market, the     of migrant workers to their fundamental rights      Also available in French and SpanisH
role of price volatility and demand shocks in    at work, it describes in detail the international   Co-published in India with
the recent crisis and how export concentra-                                                          Academic Foundation
                                                 norms that have evolved to protect migrant
tion makes countries more vulnerable. The        workers and ensure decent work for all. It
book also takes an in-depth look at the strat-   reflects on existing and potential international    Globalization and Informal Jobs in
egies households have developed to cope          governance structures, addressing the link-         Developing Countries
with the crisis and the effects of the crisis    ages between migration and development,             Marc Bacchetta, Ekkehard Ernst
on inequality and bargaining power. Finally,     and reviews the role of the ILO’s Multilateral      and Juana Paola Bustmante
the study reviews how policy instruments         Framework on Labour Migration in improving          ••2009 – 140 pp.
designed to protect workers have fared, and      policy-making and international cooperation         ••ISBN 978-92-2-122719-9
makes recommendations for responses to           in the area of labour migration.                    ••CHF 35; USD 35; GBP 20; EUR 23
future crises.                                                                                       Also available in French and Spanish
                                                 May 2010           350 pp.                          Co-published with the WTO
June 2010         120 pp.
                                                 Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-119120-9
Paperback         ISBN 978-92-2-123334-3
                                                                    CHF 50                           Growth, Employment and Poverty
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                                                                                                     The Global Employment
                                                                                                     Challenge
                                                                                                     Ajit K. Ghose, Nomaan Majid
                                                                                                     and Christoph Ernst
                                                                                                     ••2008 – xiv+290 pp.
                                                                                                     ••ISBN 978-92-2-120305-6
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                                                                                                     2009 Labour Overview
                                                                                                     Latin America and the Caribbean
                                                                                                     ••2010 – 120 pp.
                                                                                                     ••ISBN 978-92-2-133195-0
                                                                                                     ••CHF 15; USD 10; GBP 8; EUR 10
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                                                                                                     Promotion of Sustainable
                                                                                                     Enterprises
              To place                                      Fax: (+41)                               Graeme Buckley, Michael Henriques
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World Social Security                              Extending Social Security                           Building Decent Societies
                    Report 2010/11                                     to All                                              Rethinking the role of social security in
                                                                                                                           development
                    Providing coverage in times of crisis and          A guide through challenges and options
                                                                                                                           Edited by Peter Townsend
                    beyond
                                                                       Social security represents an investment in a
12                  The World Social Security Report 2010/11           country’s human infrastructure, which is no         The downturn of the global economy has
                    is the first in a new series of biennial reports   less important than its physical infrastructure.    worsened the problems of poverty and un-
                    from the ILO that monitor social security                                                              employment across the whole world. This
                    coverage, presenting various methods and           This book outlines basic concepts such as the       book makes the case for a comprehensive
                                                                       social protection floor and the social secu-        social security system to be developed in
SOCIAL PROTECTION

                    approaches for assessing coverage and iden-
                    tifying gaps.                                      rity staircase, analyses the affordability of       all countries, including the poorest ones,
                                                                       various approaches, and examines the results        in order to eliminate desperate conditions
                    Social security systems play a critical role in    of practices around the world, especially in        of poverty, to reverse growing inequality and
                    alleviating poverty and providing economic         low- and middle-income countries. Its second        to sustain economic growth.
                    security. They help people to cope with life’s     part weighs the pros and cons of conditional
                    major risks and to adapt to change, and            cash transfers and, based on a wealth of            The establishment of universal social security
                    through income transfers they can also have        statistics, argues that effective social transfer   systems has been one of the cornerstones of
                    a remarkable effect on income inequality.          programmes not only alleviate poverty, but          OECD countries’ successful economic and
                    The 2008–09 financial crisis has shown that        also improve labour market participation,           social development and has contributed
                    social security systems are also powerful          productivity, nutrition, health care, education,    to reducing poverty and fostering social
                    economic and social stabilizers, with both         consumption and social inclusion. The overall       inclusion in today’s rich countries. It is
                    short- and long-term effects. However, the         message is that such investment can benefit         increasingly understood that universal social
                    crisis has thrown into sharp relief the serious    poorer countries as well as richer ones, and        security systems have an enormous poten-
                    problems of access to social security around       that even in times of tightened budgets and         tial for low-income countries which has not
                    the world, and how the financing of systems is     global economic crisis, the dividends are well      yet been sufficiently explored. Recognizing
                    being put at risk as national budgets shrink.      worth the expenditure.                              that economic and social development are
                    This timely report takes a comprehensive                                                               inextricably intertwined across countries,
                    look at how countries are investing in social      October 2010       190 pp.                          new international strategies are required to
                    security, how they are financing it, and how                                                           design appropriate social security policies
                                                                       Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-123064-9
                    effective their approaches are. The report also                                                        which would effectively help to reduce poverty
                                                                                          CHF 50                           and productively contribute to economic and
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                                                                                                     Employment and Social
                                                                                                     Protection in the New
                                                                                                     Demographic Context
                                                                                                     ••2010 – x+176 pp.
                                                                                                     ••ISBN 92-2-122689-5
                                                                                                     ••CHF 30; USD 30; GBP 20; EUR 22
                                                                                                     Also available in French and Spanish

                                                                                                     Microinsurance Innovation
                                                                                                     Facility:
Protecting the Poor                                Social Security for                               Protecting the Working Poor
A microinsurance compendium                        Social Justice and a Fair                         Annual Report 2010
Edited by Craig Churchill                                                                            ••2010 – iv+68 pp.
                                                   Globalization                                     ••ISBN 978-92-2-124553-7
“...enables policy-makers, insurers, academ-                                                         ••CHF 15; USD 15; GBP 10; EUR 12
                                                   Report 100 VI
ics and NGOs an opportunity to study the                                                             Also available in French and Spanish     13
various initiatives taken in different coun-       The concept of a social protection floor
tries and profit from these experiences. I         was incorporated into the Global Jobs Pact,       Economic Security for a Better
congratulate the publishers for bringing out       adopted by the International Labour Confer-
this excellent compendium.”                        ence in 2009. The Pact requests countries         World

                                                                                                                                              SOCIAL PROTECTION
C.S. Rao, Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and                                                         ••2004 – xxv+450 pp.
                                                   that do not yet have extensive social security    ••ISBN 92-2-115611-7
Development Authority, India                       to build “adequate social protection for all,     ••CHF 50; USD 32.95; GBP 21.95; EUR 33
“This compendium provides an invaluable            drawing on a basic social protection floor”
                                                                                                     Also available in French
summation of the state of the art and will         and urges “the international community to
hopefully encourage people with relevant           provide development assistance, including
                                                   budgetary support, to build up a basic social
                                                                                                     Financing Social Protection
skills and unfettered minds to look at what                                                          Quantitative Methods in
they can contribute to grassroots risk man-        protection floor on a national basis”.
                                                                                                     Social Protection Series
agement.”                                          This report draws on the results of a recent      Michael Cichon et al.
Rodney Lester, Program Director, Financial Mar-
                                                   review of the Office’s global strategy and        ••2004 – xxxii+664 pp.
kets for Social Safety Net, World Bank
                                                   contributions to extend various forms of social   ••ISBN 92-2-115122-0
Essential reading for insurance profes-            security to all, to improve the governance,       ••CHF 100; USD 75; GBP 42.95; EUR 65
sionals, practitioners and anyone involved         financing and administration of social security   Also available in Spanish
with offering insurance to low-income per-         institutions, and to support the determination
sons, this volume covers the many aspects          of national strategies for working towards        Actuarial Practice in Social
of microinsurance in detail including product      social security for all. It provides an over-
design, marketing, premium collection and          view of the present state of social security      Security
                                                   around the world, identifies the main social      Quantitative Methods in
governance.
                                                   security challenges, surveys national and ILO     Social Protection Series
It also discusses the various institutional        responses to the challenges and suggests          Anne Drouin et al.
arrangements available for delivery such as        directions for future ILO action.                 ••2002 – 541 pp.
the community-based approach, insurance                                                              ••ISBN 92-2-110863-5
companies owned by networks of savings             May 2011           182 pp.                        ••CHF 85; USD 60; GBP 39.95; EUR 54
and credit cooperatives and microfinance           Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-123117-2
institutions. The roles of key stakeholders are                                                      Social Budgeting
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between coverage, costs and price.                                                                   Wolfgang Scholz et al.
                                                                      GBP 10
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                                                                                               Global Wage Report                               The Minimum Wage                                   Offshoring and Working
                                                                                               2010/11                                          Revisited in the Enlarged EU                       Conditions in Remote Work
                                                                                               Wage policies in times of crisis                 Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead                 Edited by Jon Messenger and Naj Ghosheh

                                                                                               The second in a series of ILO reports focusing   This book provides in-depth and innovative         Advances in information and communica-
14                                                                                             on wage developments, this volume reviews        analysis of the minimum wage in Europe,            tion technologies (ICTs), combined with
                                                                                               the global and regional wage trends during       looking at its scope within the enlarged EU        organizations seeking to reduce costs, have
                                                                                               the years of the economic and financial crisis   and posing the question of harmonization           led to a dramatic growth in service sector
                                                                                               of 2008 and 2009. In Part I, the report          between the minimum wages of the indi-             offshoring and outsourcing, most notably to
                                                                                                                                                vidual Member States – or even a common            developing countries such as India. However,
W O R K I N G C O N D I T I O N S A N D O C C U P A T I O N A L S A F E T Y A N D H E A LT H

                                                                                               highlights the slowdown in the growth of
                                                                                               monthly average wages as well as some            EU minimum wage. It also explores the role         despite a burgeoning literature on this phe-
                                                                                               short-term fluctuations in the wage share.       of the minimum wage at the national level,         nomenon, little attention has been given to
                                                                                               These changes happened against a backdrop        looking at trends and effects, with case           the working and employment conditions that
                                                                                               of wage moderation in the years before the       studies on specific national policy issues or      exist in the growing number of workplaces
                                                                                               crisis and a long-term trend of rising wage      industrial sectors.                                providing business process outsourcing and
                                                                                               inequality since the mid-1990s.                                                                     IT-enabled services in developing countries.
                                                                                                                                                Minimum wage fixing has returned quite
                                                                                               Part II of the report discusses the role of      prominently to the core of policy debates,         The authors address this phenomenon by
                                                                                               wage policies in times of crisis and recovery.   as illustrated by the adoption of a statutory      examining and providing a historical context
                                                                                               Collective bargaining and minimum wages          minimum wage by Austria, Ireland and the           for the development of the business process
                                                                                               can help achieve a balanced and equitable        United Kingdom, and the ongoing discussions        outsourcing (BPO) industry, based on case
                                                                                               recovery by ensuring that working families       in Germany and Sweden. Proposals to have           study analysis of working conditions in four
                                                                                               share in the fruits of future economic growth.   common rules at EU level have also multi-          countries where this industry is large or
                                                                                               At the same time, preventing the purchasing      plied since EU enlargement, in particular to       growing – Argentina, Brazil, India and the
                                                                                               power of low-paid workers from falling can       minimize “social dumping”. Bringing together       Philippines. Policy advice is offered to policy-
                                                                                               contribute to a faster recovery by sustaining    15 national studies from noted European            makers and companies on how the growth of
                                                                                               aggregate demand. The report shows that          specialists in the field, this timely collection   “good quality” jobs can be promoted as these
                                                                                               policy strategies and design are crucial to      aims to stimulate the current debate.              industries grow and mature around the world.
                                                                                               ensure that low-paid workers benefit from
                                                                                                                                                Co-published with Edward Elgar                     Co-published with Palgrave Macmillan.
                                                                                               union representation and minimum wages,
                                                                                                                                                Publishing.
                                                                                               and argues that wage policies must be com-                                                          June 2010          304 pp.
                                                                                               plemented with carefully crafted in-work         February 2010      viii+544 pp.                    Hardback           ISBN 978-92-2-123001-4
                                                                                               benefits and other income transfers. Part III
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                                                                                                       Global Wage Report 2008/09
                                                                                                       Towards policy coherence: Minimum
                                                                                                       wages and collective bargaining
                                                                                                       ••2008 – pp. 150
                                                                                                       ••ISBN 978-92-2-121499-1
                                                                                                       ••CHF 50; USD 50; GBP 25; EUR 30
                                                                                                       Also available in French

                                                                                                       Fundamentals of Minimum
                                                                                                       Wage Fixing
Approaches to Attribution     ILO List of Occupational                                                 François Eyraud and Catherine Saget

of Detrimental Health Effects Diseases (Revised 2010)                                                  ••2005 – 150 pp.
                                                                                                       ••ISBN 92-2-117014-4
to Occupational Ionizing      (OSH 74)                                                                 ••CHF 24.95; USD 30; GBP XX; EUR 20

Radiation Exposure and their Identification and recognition of                                         Globalization, Flexibilization and
                                                                                                                                                    15
                              occupational diseases: Criteria for
Application in Compensation incorporating diseases in the ILO list                                     Working Conditions in Asia and
                              of occupational diseases                                                 the Pacific
Programmes for Cancer                                                                                  Edited by Sangheon Lee and François Eyraud
                              Occupational Safety and Health Series,
(OSH 73)

                                                                                                                                                    W O R K I N G C O N D I T I O N S A N D O C C U P A T I O N A L S A F E T Y A N D H E A LT H
                              No. 74                                                                   ••2008 – xxx+452 pp.
                                                                                                       ••ISBN 978-92-2-120029-1
Occupational Safety and Health Series,                                                                 ••Hardback: CHF 150; USD 120;
                                                    The number of physical, chemical, biological
No. 73                                                                                                    GBP 59.95; EUR 110
                                                    and psychosocial factors affecting workers’
Workers exposed to ionizing radiation in the        health is constantly on the rise. When safety
                                                    and health measures are not followed or fail,
                                                                                                       Ergonomic Checkpoints
course of their work may claim for compensa-
                                                                                                       Practical and easy-to-implement
tion if they develop cancer. However, cancer        accidents, injuries, diseases and even deaths
                                                                                                       solutions for improving safety,
is a common disease, especially in older            may occur. Diseases caused by work need
                                                                                                       health and working conditions
age, and most cancers will be caused by             to be identified, victims compensated, and
                                                                                                       Second edition
non-occupational risk factors. Compiled by          prevention pursued in the workplace. It is
                                                    therefore essential to establish a list of occu-   Prepared by the ILO in collaboration with
international experts, this book examines in
                                                                                                       the International Ergonomics Association
detail the scientific basis for risk attribution,   pational diseases and to update it regularly,
focusing in particular on the methodological        adding newly identified diseases, in order to      ••2010 – 350 pp.
                                                    maximize preventive strategies and appro-          ••ISBN 978-92-2-122666-6
issues associated with attributing individual                                                          ••CHF 45; USD 40; GBP 28; EUR 30
cancers to previous occupational radiation          priate compensation schemes.
exposures. The general features of compensa-                                                           Fundamental Principles of
                                                    The ILO has been responding to the chal-
tion schemes are also presented, along with
examples of compensation schemes from
                                                    lenge of creating safe and healthy working         Occupational Health and Safety
                                                    conditions since its founding in 1919. Agreed      Second edition
different countries, which illustrate a variety
                                                    by governments as well as employers’ and           Benjamin Alli
of approaches.
                                                    workers’ organizations, this new list, approved    ••2008 – 160 pp.
Jointly published by three international            in March 2010, reflects the state of the           ••ISBN 978-92-2-120454-1
organizations with mandates relating to             art in the identification and recognition of       ••CHF 40; USD 34.95; GBP 16.95; EUR 25
occupational health and ionizing radiation          occupational diseases. The list, annexed here
– the ILO, IAEA and WHO – the publication           to the List of Occupational Diseases Recom-        Compendium of Maritime Labour
will be useful for national authorities, trade      mendation, 2002 (No. 194), is designed to          Instruments
unions, employers and other parties with an         assist countries in their prevention, recording,   Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
interest in ensuring an equitable approach          notification and, if applicable, compensation      Seafarers’ Identity Documents
to workers’ compensation.                           of diseases caused by work.                        (revised) Convention, 2003
                                                    This publication is part of the ILO’s efforts      Work in Fishing Convention
June 2010          140 pp.
                                                    to promote implementation of the above-            and Recommendation, 2007
Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-122413-6                                                              ••2008 – 308 pp.
                                                    mentioned ILO Recommendation. It includes          ••ISBN 978-92-2-120612-5
                   CHF 35
                                                    the new list of occupational diseases, the         ••CHF 40; USD 30; GBP 18; EUR 25
                   USD 32
                                                    criteria used for selecting the diseases, and
                                                                                                       Also available in French and Spanish
                   GBP 20                           the reports of the two Meetings of Experts
                   EUR 23                           which developed the list.

                                                    November 2010      92 pp.
                                                    Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-123795-2
                                                                       CHF 30
                                                                       USD 30
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NEW !                                            NEW !

               Children’s Views of                              Children in Hazardous Work                        Give Girls a Chance
               Child Labour                                     What we know, what we need to do                  Tackling child labour, a key to the future

               This book is a gift from children. It is a       This report reviews the current state of knowl-   Girls have the right to grow and develop free
               compendium of drawings and poems from            edge concerning children in hazardous work        of child labour and girls have the right to
                                                                and presents the case for a new focus on          education. We must give girls a chance to
16             different countries that weaves a web of soli-
                                                                the issue as part of the wider global effort      make these rights a reality.
               darity and hope across the world. The authors
                                                                to eliminate the worst forms of child labour.     International Programme on the Elimination
               are children, either victims of exploitation
                                                                The report highlights recent global trends        of Child Labour (IPEC)
               and abuse themselves or their peers willing
               to emphasise the need for urgent action to       while comprehensively summarizing the sci-        This publication is a comprehensive report
CHILD LABOUR

               rescue unprotected children. Their message       entific evidence base related to health and       on child labour among girls, identifying
               is a cry for justice: it denounces with power-   well-being of working children. It identifies     the reasons why it is important that the
               ful simplicity horrendous situations that        the key challenges not only in understanding      issues facing girls engaged in child labour
               jeopardize the health and development of         the effects of hazardous work on childhood        be urgently addressed. Girls are highly
               millions of children.                            development, but also in preventing and           vulnerable as many forms of girls’ work are
                                                                eliminating hazardous occupational exposures      hidden, girls face multiple disadvantages,
               The book is an informative pedagogical tool      for children. In addition, the report features    and have the “double burden” of having to
               which will be widely disseminated both in        good practice approaches of various stake-        combine household chores and economic
               schools and in non-formal education settings     holder groups that have demonstrated the          activity, which as a result jeopardizes their
               in order to raise awareness on the causes and    potential to be scaled up and discusses the       schooling. The report provides an analysis
               consequences of child labour. This resource,     importance of an integrated policy response       of the work of girls and boys in 16 coun-
               which contains child-friendly versions of the    to the issue.                                     tries, looking both at economic activities and
               UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
                                                                June 2011
                                                                                                                  unpaid household services, and draws atten-
               and the ILO Conventions on child labour, will
                                                                                                                  tion to the international legal framework as
               be also used jointly with other UN agencies      Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-124918-4         it relates to child labour.
               to promote knowledge on children’s rights to
                                                                                   CHF 15
               make young people aware of how to exercise                                                         The observations that emerge are that overall,
               their rights and defend them.                                       USD 15                         girls work longer hours than boys, and girls
                                                                                   GBP 9                          constitute a large proportion of the children
               This joint publication emerges from the col-
                                                                                                                  engaged in the most dangerous forms of
               laboration between the International Labour                         EUR 10
                                                                                                                  child labour, including forced and bonded
               Organization and GenevaWorld Association         Also available in French and Spanish              labour and prostitution. The report calls for
               and it aims to inspire commitment and effec-
                                                                                                                  strengthening the knowledge base on issues
               tive action to bring an end to child labour.
                                                                                                                  of child labour among girls and suggests that
                                                                                                                  policy steps include free quality education
                                                                                                                  for all children up to the minimum age of
               May 2011           154 pp.                                                                         employment.
               Paperback          ISBN 978-92-2-024976-5
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