Tuesday, November 30, 2004
[IWS] ELDIS: STATE OF THE WORLD REPORTS (Links to major world surveys)
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
From ELDIS -
ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
State of the World Reports
http://www.eldis.org/finance/big_reports_feature.htm
Want to know what's going on in the world? The big development institutions are very happy to tell you. Here's our selection from this years crop of the big macro-economic 'State of the World' surveys and analysis.
Contents include links to-
World Development Report 2005: a better investment climate for everyone
This years World Development Report focuses on what governments can do to improve the investment climates of their societies to increase growth and reduce poverty. It highlights opportunities for governments to improve their investment climates by expanding the opportunities and incentives for firms of all types to invest productively, create jobs, and expand.
http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/DocDisplay.cfm?Doc=DOC15807&Resource=f1finance
Human Development Report 2004: cultural liberty in today's diverse world (UNDP)
Economic globalisation cannot succeed unless cultural freedoms are also respected and protected. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15356&resource=f1finance>More..
World Economic Situation and Prospects, 2004 (UN DESA)
Despite setbacks in world economic growth due to SARS and the prospect of war in Iraq, the world economy is making a comeback. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15929&resource=f1finance>More..
The World Economy in 2004 (UN DESA )
Prospects for growth of the world economy, after a sub-par performance for about three consecutive years, have improved conspicuously in 2004 but problems remain. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15952&resource=f1finance>More..
Global Economic Prospects 2005: trade, regionalism and development (World Bank)
The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. Countries must keep bilateral agreements open or risk distortions which will damage development. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16709&resource=f1finance>More..
World Economic Outlook: The global demographic transition (IMF)
The world economy will enjoy one of its strongest years of growth this year. Rapid demographic changes will require attention. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15964&resource=f1finance>More..
Trade and development report 2004 (UNCTAD)
A more comprehensive policy framework is required that addresses the need to reinforce coherence between the international trading system and the international monetary and financial system. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14631&resource=f1finance>More..
Development and Globalization: Facts and figures 2004 (UNCTAD)
To celebrate their 40th anniversary UNCTAD describes the evolution of developing countries, particularly in the context of globalisation and presents compact statistical data on economic growth and social indicators. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15035&resource=f1finance>More..
African Development Report 2004 (AfDB)
There have been some improvements in the performance of the economy of the continent as a whole throughout 2003 but the MDGs are still out of reach. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15950&resource=f1finance>More..
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2004 (UNESCAP)
Despite economic growth in the region in 2003, driven largely by intraregional trade and domestic demand, there remain many obstacles to poverty reduction. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15944&resource=f1finance>More..
Key Indicators 2004: Poverty in Asia (ADB)
The incidence of extreme poverty in Asia has declined but 1.9 billion people still live in poverty. Policy makers must focus on generating high rates of sustainable growth while ensuring that the distribution of income does not worsen to any significant degree. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15930&resource=f1finance>More..
Education for all global monitoring report 2005: Education for all - the quality imperative
This years EFA Global Monitoring Report focuses on the quality of education. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16470&resource=f1finance>More..
[Thanks to Gary Price at Resourceshelf.com for the tip]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From ELDIS -
ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
State of the World Reports
http://www.eldis.org/finance/big_reports_feature.htm
Want to know what's going on in the world? The big development institutions are very happy to tell you. Here's our selection from this years crop of the big macro-economic 'State of the World' surveys and analysis.
Contents include links to-
World Development Report 2005: a better investment climate for everyone
This years World Development Report focuses on what governments can do to improve the investment climates of their societies to increase growth and reduce poverty. It highlights opportunities for governments to improve their investment climates by expanding the opportunities and incentives for firms of all types to invest productively, create jobs, and expand.
http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/DocDisplay.cfm?Doc=DOC15807&Resource=f1finance
Human Development Report 2004: cultural liberty in today's diverse world (UNDP)
Economic globalisation cannot succeed unless cultural freedoms are also respected and protected. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15356&resource=f1finance>More..
World Economic Situation and Prospects, 2004 (UN DESA)
Despite setbacks in world economic growth due to SARS and the prospect of war in Iraq, the world economy is making a comeback. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15929&resource=f1finance>More..
The World Economy in 2004 (UN DESA )
Prospects for growth of the world economy, after a sub-par performance for about three consecutive years, have improved conspicuously in 2004 but problems remain. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15952&resource=f1finance>More..
Global Economic Prospects 2005: trade, regionalism and development (World Bank)
The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. Countries must keep bilateral agreements open or risk distortions which will damage development. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16709&resource=f1finance>More..
World Economic Outlook: The global demographic transition (IMF)
The world economy will enjoy one of its strongest years of growth this year. Rapid demographic changes will require attention. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15964&resource=f1finance>More..
Trade and development report 2004 (UNCTAD)
A more comprehensive policy framework is required that addresses the need to reinforce coherence between the international trading system and the international monetary and financial system. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14631&resource=f1finance>More..
Development and Globalization: Facts and figures 2004 (UNCTAD)
To celebrate their 40th anniversary UNCTAD describes the evolution of developing countries, particularly in the context of globalisation and presents compact statistical data on economic growth and social indicators. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15035&resource=f1finance>More..
African Development Report 2004 (AfDB)
There have been some improvements in the performance of the economy of the continent as a whole throughout 2003 but the MDGs are still out of reach. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15950&resource=f1finance>More..
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2004 (UNESCAP)
Despite economic growth in the region in 2003, driven largely by intraregional trade and domestic demand, there remain many obstacles to poverty reduction. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15944&resource=f1finance>More..
Key Indicators 2004: Poverty in Asia (ADB)
The incidence of extreme poverty in Asia has declined but 1.9 billion people still live in poverty. Policy makers must focus on generating high rates of sustainable growth while ensuring that the distribution of income does not worsen to any significant degree. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15930&resource=f1finance>More..
Education for all global monitoring report 2005: Education for all - the quality imperative
This years EFA Global Monitoring Report focuses on the quality of education. <http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16470&resource=f1finance>More..
[Thanks to Gary Price at Resourceshelf.com for the tip]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 7:02 AM
Monday, November 29, 2004
[IWS] Mercer: Expensing Employee Share Options OK with COMPANIES for Europe survey says [29 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
UK
London, 29 November 2004
Companies support new accounting for share options standard
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1163680;jsessionid=NCTZINLWBYY5WCTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C
Almost two-thirds of companies support a new international accounting standard requiring them to expense employee share options in their financial statements, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The standard, IFRS 2, requires European-listed companies to make a charge in their income statements to reflect the fair valueof share awards granted to employees. The charge will make some organisations look significantly less profitable.
The survey, involving 70 respondents, found that 64% were in favour of the standard and its application, while over a quarter (27%) agreed with expensing share-based payments in principle but not with the IFRS 2 approach. Only 9% of respondents were against expensing for stock options in all cases. The standard comes into effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Phil Turner, European Partner, said: "Accounting for share awards and options has been highly controversial, so it is surprising to see such widespread support from companies. There now seems to be a sense of acceptance, and an appreciation that the standard will help to improve comparability of company accounts in Europe." He said: "IFRS 2 represents a major change to previous accounting rules and companies will need to consider the wider impact on their share-based incentive schemes."
For more information on the new international financial reporting standards, visit www.mercerHR.com/ifrs
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
UK
London, 29 November 2004
Companies support new accounting for share options standard
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1163680;jsessionid=NCTZINLWBYY5WCTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C
Almost two-thirds of companies support a new international accounting standard requiring them to expense employee share options in their financial statements, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The standard, IFRS 2, requires European-listed companies to make a charge in their income statements to reflect the fair valueof share awards granted to employees. The charge will make some organisations look significantly less profitable.
The survey, involving 70 respondents, found that 64% were in favour of the standard and its application, while over a quarter (27%) agreed with expensing share-based payments in principle but not with the IFRS 2 approach. Only 9% of respondents were against expensing for stock options in all cases. The standard comes into effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
Phil Turner, European Partner, said: "Accounting for share awards and options has been highly controversial, so it is surprising to see such widespread support from companies. There now seems to be a sense of acceptance, and an appreciation that the standard will help to improve comparability of company accounts in Europe." He said: "IFRS 2 represents a major change to previous accounting rules and companies will need to consider the wider impact on their share-based incentive schemes."
For more information on the new international financial reporting standards, visit www.mercerHR.com/ifrs
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 2:41 PM
[IWS] AUSTRALIA: Labor Market Dynamics [29 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Parliament of Australia
Department of Parliamentary Services
Parliamentary Library RESEARCH NOTE
Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament 29 November 2004, no. 22, 2004Â05, ISSN 1449-8456
Labour market dynamics
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2004-05/05rn22.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
The purpose of this Research Note is to examine the dynamic nature of the labour market. For simplicity, this is done by comparing two successive months (July and August 2004) which experienced little
change in terms of the aggregate number of persons recorded as either employed, unemployed or not in the labour force (that is, neither employed nor unemployed). It will be shown that a situation that
appears fairly stable at an aggregated level can mask considerable change at the micro level.
Includes tables and charts.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Parliament of Australia
Department of Parliamentary Services
Parliamentary Library RESEARCH NOTE
Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament 29 November 2004, no. 22, 2004Â05, ISSN 1449-8456
Labour market dynamics
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2004-05/05rn22.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
The purpose of this Research Note is to examine the dynamic nature of the labour market. For simplicity, this is done by comparing two successive months (July and August 2004) which experienced little
change in terms of the aggregate number of persons recorded as either employed, unemployed or not in the labour force (that is, neither employed nor unemployed). It will be shown that a situation that
appears fairly stable at an aggregated level can mask considerable change at the micro level.
Includes tables and charts.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 9:01 AM
[IWS] EIROnline: AUSTRIA: Industrial Disputes Peak in 2003 [23 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
AUSTRIA:
Industrial disputes hit post-war peak in 2003 [23 November 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/11/feature/at0411202f.html
Abstract:
Statistics published in October 2004 indicate that in 2003 strike activity in Austria reached its highest level since the Second World War. This resulted from large-scale trade union mobilisation, mainly in opposition to government reform plans related to public pensions and the structure of the state-owned Austrian Railways. Experts disagree as to whether the 2003 peak in industrial action was a one-off or marks a turning point in Austrian industrial relations.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
AUSTRIA:
Industrial disputes hit post-war peak in 2003 [23 November 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/11/feature/at0411202f.html
Abstract:
Statistics published in October 2004 indicate that in 2003 strike activity in Austria reached its highest level since the Second World War. This resulted from large-scale trade union mobilisation, mainly in opposition to government reform plans related to public pensions and the structure of the state-owned Austrian Railways. Experts disagree as to whether the 2003 peak in industrial action was a one-off or marks a turning point in Austrian industrial relations.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 6:02 AM
[IWS] EC: DISCRIMINATION Key Issue in Enlargement [26 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Commission > Employment and Social Affairs
Fight against discrimination: strong demand for more EU action [26 November 2004]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/antidiscrimination_en.html
Brussels, 26 November 2004. A vast majority of respondents (88%) responding to the Commission's Green Paper consultation on 'Equality and non-discrimination in the European Union' said that the EU should step up its efforts to combat discrimination following enlargement. One of the Commission's first steps will be to issue a Communication on anti-discrimination before the end of 2005. AND MORE....
GREEN PAPER - Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union (June 2004)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/greenpaper_en.htm
Five years ago, huge impetus was given to the fight against discrimination in the European Union when new powers were granted to tackle discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age, disability and sexual orientation.
This Green Paper sets out the European Commission's analysis of the progress that has been made so far. It seeks views about how the EU can continue and reinforce its efforts to combat discrimination and to promote equal treatment. In so doing, it responds to calls from the European Parliament and others to organise a public consultation on the future development of policy in this area. AND MORE....
Response statistics for Green Paper on anti-discrimination and equal treatment
Status : inactive
Date open : 01/05/2004
End date : 31/08/2004
There are 1443 responses
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/stats.pdf
Full-text of the GREEN PAPER
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/greenpapfin_en.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Commission > Employment and Social Affairs
Fight against discrimination: strong demand for more EU action [26 November 2004]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/antidiscrimination_en.html
Brussels, 26 November 2004. A vast majority of respondents (88%) responding to the Commission's Green Paper consultation on 'Equality and non-discrimination in the European Union' said that the EU should step up its efforts to combat discrimination following enlargement. One of the Commission's first steps will be to issue a Communication on anti-discrimination before the end of 2005. AND MORE....
GREEN PAPER - Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union (June 2004)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/greenpaper_en.htm
Five years ago, huge impetus was given to the fight against discrimination in the European Union when new powers were granted to tackle discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age, disability and sexual orientation.
This Green Paper sets out the European Commission's analysis of the progress that has been made so far. It seeks views about how the EU can continue and reinforce its efforts to combat discrimination and to promote equal treatment. In so doing, it responds to calls from the European Parliament and others to organise a public consultation on the future development of policy in this area. AND MORE....
Response statistics for Green Paper on anti-discrimination and equal treatment
Status : inactive
Date open : 01/05/2004
End date : 31/08/2004
There are 1443 responses
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/stats.pdf
Full-text of the GREEN PAPER
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/greenpapfin_en.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
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Wednesday, November 24, 2004
[IWS] EU-US HIGHER EDUCATION & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Cooperation Programme 2001-2005 [23 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
The EU-US Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Vocational Education Training 2001-2005 [23 November 2004]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/projects_en.html
[Please note: Program descriptions and call for proposals in left margin]
Selected Projects
Under the first five-year Agreement (1995-2000) a total of 53 transatlantic consortia were funded involving over 400 EU and US institutions of higher education and vocational education and training. More than 4000 US and EU students were involved with these consortia projects.
* Projects selected in 2004 (pdf format)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele04.pdf
* Projects selected in 2003 (pdf format)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele03.pdf
* Projects selected in 2002
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele02_en.html
* Projects selected in 2001
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele01_en.html
* Projects selected in 2000
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele00_en.html
* Projects selected in 1999
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele99_en.html
* Projects selected in 1998
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele98_en.html
* Projects selected in 1997
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele97_en.html
* Projects selected in 1996
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele96_en.html
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
The EU-US Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Vocational Education Training 2001-2005 [23 November 2004]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/projects_en.html
[Please note: Program descriptions and call for proposals in left margin]
Selected Projects
Under the first five-year Agreement (1995-2000) a total of 53 transatlantic consortia were funded involving over 400 EU and US institutions of higher education and vocational education and training. More than 4000 US and EU students were involved with these consortia projects.
* Projects selected in 2004 (pdf format)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele04.pdf
* Projects selected in 2003 (pdf format)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele03.pdf
* Projects selected in 2002
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele02_en.html
* Projects selected in 2001
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele01_en.html
* Projects selected in 2000
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele00_en.html
* Projects selected in 1999
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele99_en.html
* Projects selected in 1998
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele98_en.html
* Projects selected in 1997
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele97_en.html
* Projects selected in 1996
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/sele96_en.html
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 6:49 AM
[IWS] GLOBALIZATION BULLETIN, Vol. 1, No. 8 & Link to Back Issues
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
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GLOBALIZATION BULLETIN
a publication of the Globalization Task Force of the New Jersey Division of the United Nations Association-USA and the
Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations
School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
Note to Readers: This is the eighth issue of the Globalization Bulletin. We could use your help in finding the most useful information and sources for our readers, so if you would like to provide us with an article, a source, or a link, please contact us at: <mailto:dbensman@smlr.rutgers.edu>. You can subscribe by clicking the same address. The listserve managers, David Bensman and Eva Weintraub will make decisions on content, and will have sole power to distribute messages to subscribers. We have chosen this process in order to make sure that subscribers are not burdened with excessive email messages. If you would like to stop your subscription, please contact us at the email address above. You can find back issues of the Bulletin at <http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dbensman/bulletin.html>.
David Bensman,
Eva Weintraub, Globalization Bulletin listserve managers.
Joanne Mangels, Technical Assistance
John Vincent, Eugene McElroy, Mary Beth Schmutz, Research
Vol 1. No. 8
Trade Deficit
US: Could Trade Imbalances Topple the Greenback?
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_48/b3910036_mz010.htm>
Trade Agreements
A New Pattern Is Cut for Global Textile Trade- China Likely to Dominate as Quotas Expire
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55462-2004Nov16.html>
Globalization at the Crossroads: Ten years of NAFTA in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region- A bilingual Report
<http://www.environmentalhealth.org/CoverGlobalizationReport.html>
Milking Thailand: The Thai-Australia Free Trade Agreement
<http://www.focusweb.org/main/html/Article537.html?POSTNUKESID=5ef37734a13728423b55709c5261a7a7>
USA: Textile Group Seeks Chinese Wool Trousers Safeguard
<http://www.just-style.com/news_detail.asp?art=35876>
Labor Goes The Distance: Garment Union Plans Trip To China
<http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/weeklyView.cfm?articlenumber=1625>
Sri Lanka: US Exports could Slump 20%- Trade Official
<http://www.just-style.com/news_detail.asp?art=35870>
Trading nations kick off WTO talks on cutting customs red tape
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1519&ncid=1519&e=3&u=/afp/20041115/bs_afp/wto_trade_talks_041115193257>
APEC Ministers Urge New Effort on Trade Talks
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041117/wl_nm/apec_dc_2>
Russia's WTO Ambitions
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1397460,00.html>
New Zealand Unions fear job losses from China Trade Deal
<http://union.org.nz/news/362.html>
Hemispheric Trade Zone Stumbles
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1123/p04s01-woam.html>
Business, Labor Prepare for Battle on CAFTA Deal
<http://www.citizenstrade.org/pdf/reuters_caftabattle_11122004.pdf>
US Deal Menaces Central American Farmers
<http://www.citizenstrade.org/pdf/ips_oxfamricereport_11162004.pdf>
Popular Movements Against Corporate-Led Globalization
The Role of Boycotts in the Fight for Peace
<http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112004J.shtml>
Activists Await Bush at Pacific Summit in Chile
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-apec18nov18,1,3918685.story?coll=la-headlines-world>
Protestors in Chile Denounce Bush, Summit
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2909217>
Thousands Protest ahead of APEC Summit
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/19/apec.leaders/>
Partner Interview: Economic Justice Network
<http://churchworldservice.org/news/archives/2004/11/239.html>
The Republican RightÂs Challenge to the Global Anti-War Movement
<http://www.focusweb.org/philippines/html/Article290.html>
The Global Economy
US Dollar Slide Increases Global Tensions
<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/usdr-n18_prn.shtml>
The Meaning of a Dropping Dollar
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041129-785379,00.html>
Greenspan Sees no Rise Soon for the Dollar
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/business/20greenspan.html?oref=login>
Bubble Capitalism- Corporate Crisis, US Deficits and the Fall of the Dollar
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/crisis/index.htm>
Snow Tells Europe to Boost the Dollar
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/11/17/snow.growth.reut/>
Unions Back MG RoverÂs £1.5bn China Rescue Deals
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1356163,00.html>
China to Lose Labour Advantage to India
<http://us.rediff.com/money/2004/nov/17china.htm>
Currency Conundrums
<http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3397847>
Information Markets
<http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3400241&subjectID=348918&emailauth=%2527%2528%2540%252E7%2525%255C%255C%253B3%2540%255C%2520%250A>
UNESCO and Microsoft Help Bridge Divide
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/reform/business/2004/1117microsoft.htm>
G20 to Fight Trade Imbalance
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ad2fe1e8-3c0a-11d9-8b17-00000e2511c8.html>
The Global Environment
BushÂs Second-Term Stamp on Environment
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1118/p02s01-uspo.html>
Has a ÂRunaway Greenhouse Effect Begun?
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/605/605p13.htm>
Rich Nations to Seek Delay on Chemical Ban
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cdb70262-3cdb-11d9-bb7b-00000e2511c8,stream=FTSynd,s01=2.html>
Labor Rights
Take Action! Trade Unionist, Gilberto Soto, Assassinated in El Salvador!
<http://www.campaignforlaborrights.org/alerts/2004/nov14-salvador.htm>
US Labor Chiefs Press El Salvador for Killers of Teamsters Organizer
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/international/americas/21salvador.html>
Assassination is an Issue in Trade Talks
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/business/worldbusiness/18union.html?ex=110>
Renowned Authors Call on Quebecor World To End Harrasment, Respect Workers Rights
<http://www.justiceatquebecor.org/news/WritersCallPressRelease.pdf>
Central America: Workers left Sterile by Pesticide Seek Justice
<http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26266>
Day Laborers to Protest Va. Arrests
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61127-2004Nov18.html>
16,000 Protest US-Run School of Americas
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1122-01.htm>
Coalition of Immokalee Workers- Taco Bell Boycott Headquarters
<http://www.ciw-online.org/>
Transnational Labor Solidarity
Platforms for Port Unions to Exchange Ideas and Plan Strategies
<http://202.186.86.35/maritime/story.asp?file=/2004/11/22/maritime/9427638&sec=maritime>
The Struggle of the Gina Workers in Thailand: Inside a Successful International Labor Solidarity Campaign
<http://www.cityu.edu.hk/searc/WP75_04_Robertson_Somsak.pdf>
Philippines: Protest Massacre of Strikers
<http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=39>
Outsourcing
Australian Co. Under Fire Over Outsourcing
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/929437.cms>
India Shot its Outsourcing Market in the Foot with New Income Tax
<http://www.offshoringforum.com/link.asp?TOPIC_ID=87>h
Wal-Mart
Women vs. Wal-Mart
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/11/22/wal_mart/index_np.html>
Wal-Mart Discriminates
<http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=10376>
WeÂre to Blame for Wal-MartÂs Grip
<http://www.azcentral.com/business/columns/articles/1118talton18.html>
Wal-Mart will allow Unions in China
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-retail-walmart-china.html?e>
Transnational Corporations
Microsoft Settles
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3387849>
Stop Nike Sweatshops
<http://www.educatingforjustice.org/stopnikesweatshops.htm>
Nike Responsibility Newsletter
<http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=23&item=fall2004se>
UN Examines Human Rights Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/reform/business/2004/1105humanrights.htm>
Changing Drill- How ShellÂs Move to Revamp Culture Ended in Scandal
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/crisis/corporate/2004/1102shell.pdf>
Immigration
Immigrant Detainees Tell of Attack Dogs and Abuse
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4170152&sourceCode=RSS>
Take Action to oppose an increase in the number of H-1b visas! Protect Union Jobs!
<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ProtectJobsNow>
Union Vote to Exclude Kingston Relatives
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2469230>
Bush Promises Fox he will work to Reform US Immigration Laws
<http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10241011.htm>
Congress makes way for High- Tech Workers
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-High-Tech-Visas.html?ex=11022111>
China
Five More Stella Shoe Factory Workers are Sentenced to up to Three Years Imprisonment Following Mass Protest in April
<http://www.china-labour.org.hk/iso/article.adp?article_id=5983>
China Widens Economic Role in Latin America
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/international/asia/20china.html?oref=login>
In China, Stresses Spill Over into Riots
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/p01s03-woap.html>
Low Wages turn Nation into Magnet for Jobs
<http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0411/21/b06-11701.htm>
Tiananmen Sympathy Strike Organizer freed after 15 years in Prison
<http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041120/w112008.html>
Dozens Dead in China Mine Fire
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4029429.stm>
Dire Safety Record of U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturer, AXT, Prompts Major Concern about Health Situation of Hundreds of Workers at its New Beijing Factory
<http://lists.iww.org/pipermail/iww-news/2004-November/007091.html>
Developing Countries
Anemic US Response to Darfur Genocide
<http://www.blackcommentator.com/114/114_darfur.html>
Sudan: Arms Trade Fueling Human Rights Abuse in Darfur
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/sudan/2004/1116armsembargo.htm>
Focus on India
<http://www.focusweb.org/india/html/Article247.html>http://www.focusweb.org/india/html/Article247.html
India: Left Leaders to have Power Breakfast When Workers Strike (go back to Davids Headline!
<http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=43632>
FG Cuts Fuel Prices, NLC Suspends Strike
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200411160320.html>
<http://www.focusweb.org/finance/html/Article270.html?POSTNUKESID=8f8b494414fa8b6ddf0820575885de4c>
Manipulating Consent: The World Bank and Public Consultation in the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project
<http://www.focusweb.org/finance/html/Article270.html>
Avoiding Indebtedness and Underdevelopment: Lessons for Timor-Leste
<http://www.focusweb.org/finance/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=271>
The Bolivian Crisis Deepens
<http://www.counterpunch.org/gomez11182004.html>
Asian Peace Alliance: NO to Impunity in Thailand, NO to Impunity in the World
<http://www.focusweb.org/main/html/Article534.html?POSTNUKESID=5ef37734a13728423b55709c5261a7a7>
Asbestos use still widespread in Asia, as are its ills
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041120f1.htm>
Nigerian Unions Suspend Planned General Strike after Concessions
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/117292/1/.html>
Korea: Unionized Government Employees end Strike
<http://www.koilaf.org/index_init.php?url=labor_view.php?num=2716>
Can Argentina Stay Afloat?
<http://archive.epinet.org/real_media/041117/>
Central Africa to Clean Up Diamond Trade
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/diamond/2004/1117cleanup.htm>
Urgent Push on AfricaÂs Oldest Civil War
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/sudan/2004/1117urgent.htm>
Poor Country Gains from Trade Greatly Overstated- Economic Growth a Bigger Factor in Poverty Reduction
<http://us.f526.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=3124_4622334_55015_1619_4775_0_1624_14001_1059283983&Idx=8&YY=38015&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox>
Tables and Charts on International Hunger Relief
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/hunger/tables/index.htm>
Nigeria: Are Human Rights in the Pipeline?
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/tncs/2004/1109amnesty.htm>
Good Advice Gets a Bad Name in South East Asia
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/bwi-wto/imf/2004/1115indonesia.htm>
US Suggests AIDS Fund Delays Grants
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/develop/aids/2004/1117globalfund.htm>
Philippines: 14 Dead, 133 Arrested, Hundreds Missing In the Violent Dispersal of Hacienda Luisita Srike
<http://www.labourstart.org/docs/en/000063.html>
The Hacienda Luisita Massacre, Landlordism and State Terrorism
<http://www.bulatlat.com/news/4-42/4-42-massacre.html>
Conclusions from the International Workshop on Debt Auditing
<http://www.jubileesouth.org/sp/index.php?category=2&id=78>
Creditors can Dump 80% of Iraq Debt, Minister Says
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/iraq/2910863>
Free Market Perspectives
Study: US Needs Foreign-Born Workers
<http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1022_3-5455416.html?ex=1101778724&ei=1>
Resources
Church World Services Summary of the Americas Social Forum, held in Ecuador, promoting Just Trade Policies
<http://www.churchworldservice.org/pdf_files/weave-anew/fall04/page3.pdf>
Trade Justice- Why Should People of Faith be Talking about Trade?
<http://www.tradejusticeusa.org/resources/trade.htm>
Our world is not for Sale - fighting against the current model of corporate globalization
<http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/>
Citizens Trade Campaign- Working Together for Social and Environmental Justice in Trade Policy
<http://www.citizenstrade.org/>
Upcoming Events
Hong KongÂs Peoples Alliance against WTO (HKPAAWTO)-
HKPAAWTO is organizing an international consultation meeting for the formation of the International Coordinating Network or ICN. We are inviting all major global, regional and national formations and networks working against the unjust neo-liberal policies of the World Trade Organization to come to Hong Kong and attend the international consultation. The international consultation meeting will be held from 26 to 27 February 2005 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
<http://www.focusweb.org/main/html/Sections-article2-p1.html>
NAALC Conference- ÂTrafficking in PersonsÂ
Washington, DC; December 6-7, 2004
http://www.naalctip.org/
Labor at the Crossroads: Competing Visions, Alternative Strategies, and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement
Dec. 2-3, CUNY Graduate Center, Sponsored by Queens College Labor Resource Center, and Its Journal, New Labor Forum
<http://www.futureoflaborconference.org>
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is an unformatted SAMPLE issue provided by Professor David Bensman. To find BACK ISSUES go to - http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dbensman/bulletin.html - here you will find the normal format. To SUBSCRIBE, contact Professor Bensman at <mailto:dbensman@smlr.rutgers.edu> )
GLOBALIZATION BULLETIN
a publication of the Globalization Task Force of the New Jersey Division of the United Nations Association-USA and the
Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations
School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
Note to Readers: This is the eighth issue of the Globalization Bulletin. We could use your help in finding the most useful information and sources for our readers, so if you would like to provide us with an article, a source, or a link, please contact us at: <mailto:dbensman@smlr.rutgers.edu>. You can subscribe by clicking the same address. The listserve managers, David Bensman and Eva Weintraub will make decisions on content, and will have sole power to distribute messages to subscribers. We have chosen this process in order to make sure that subscribers are not burdened with excessive email messages. If you would like to stop your subscription, please contact us at the email address above. You can find back issues of the Bulletin at <http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dbensman/bulletin.html>.
David Bensman,
Eva Weintraub, Globalization Bulletin listserve managers.
Joanne Mangels, Technical Assistance
John Vincent, Eugene McElroy, Mary Beth Schmutz, Research
Vol 1. No. 8
Trade Deficit
US: Could Trade Imbalances Topple the Greenback?
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_48/b3910036_mz010.htm>
Trade Agreements
A New Pattern Is Cut for Global Textile Trade- China Likely to Dominate as Quotas Expire
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55462-2004Nov16.html>
Globalization at the Crossroads: Ten years of NAFTA in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region- A bilingual Report
<http://www.environmentalhealth.org/CoverGlobalizationReport.html>
Milking Thailand: The Thai-Australia Free Trade Agreement
<http://www.focusweb.org/main/html/Article537.html?POSTNUKESID=5ef37734a13728423b55709c5261a7a7>
USA: Textile Group Seeks Chinese Wool Trousers Safeguard
<http://www.just-style.com/news_detail.asp?art=35876>
Labor Goes The Distance: Garment Union Plans Trip To China
<http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/weeklyView.cfm?articlenumber=1625>
Sri Lanka: US Exports could Slump 20%- Trade Official
<http://www.just-style.com/news_detail.asp?art=35870>
Trading nations kick off WTO talks on cutting customs red tape
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1519&ncid=1519&e=3&u=/afp/20041115/bs_afp/wto_trade_talks_041115193257>
APEC Ministers Urge New Effort on Trade Talks
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041117/wl_nm/apec_dc_2>
Russia's WTO Ambitions
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1397460,00.html>
New Zealand Unions fear job losses from China Trade Deal
<http://union.org.nz/news/362.html>
Hemispheric Trade Zone Stumbles
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1123/p04s01-woam.html>
Business, Labor Prepare for Battle on CAFTA Deal
<http://www.citizenstrade.org/pdf/reuters_caftabattle_11122004.pdf>
US Deal Menaces Central American Farmers
<http://www.citizenstrade.org/pdf/ips_oxfamricereport_11162004.pdf>
Popular Movements Against Corporate-Led Globalization
The Role of Boycotts in the Fight for Peace
<http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112004J.shtml>
Activists Await Bush at Pacific Summit in Chile
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-apec18nov18,1,3918685.story?coll=la-headlines-world>
Protestors in Chile Denounce Bush, Summit
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2909217>
Thousands Protest ahead of APEC Summit
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/19/apec.leaders/>
Partner Interview: Economic Justice Network
<http://churchworldservice.org/news/archives/2004/11/239.html>
The Republican RightÂs Challenge to the Global Anti-War Movement
<http://www.focusweb.org/philippines/html/Article290.html>
The Global Economy
US Dollar Slide Increases Global Tensions
<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/usdr-n18_prn.shtml>
The Meaning of a Dropping Dollar
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041129-785379,00.html>
Greenspan Sees no Rise Soon for the Dollar
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/business/20greenspan.html?oref=login>
Bubble Capitalism- Corporate Crisis, US Deficits and the Fall of the Dollar
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/crisis/index.htm>
Snow Tells Europe to Boost the Dollar
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/11/17/snow.growth.reut/>
Unions Back MG RoverÂs £1.5bn China Rescue Deals
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1356163,00.html>
China to Lose Labour Advantage to India
<http://us.rediff.com/money/2004/nov/17china.htm>
Currency Conundrums
<http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3397847>
Information Markets
<http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3400241&subjectID=348918&emailauth=%2527%2528%2540%252E7%2525%255C%255C%253B3%2540%255C%2520%250A>
UNESCO and Microsoft Help Bridge Divide
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/reform/business/2004/1117microsoft.htm>
G20 to Fight Trade Imbalance
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ad2fe1e8-3c0a-11d9-8b17-00000e2511c8.html>
The Global Environment
BushÂs Second-Term Stamp on Environment
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1118/p02s01-uspo.html>
Has a ÂRunaway Greenhouse Effect Begun?
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/605/605p13.htm>
Rich Nations to Seek Delay on Chemical Ban
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cdb70262-3cdb-11d9-bb7b-00000e2511c8,stream=FTSynd,s01=2.html>
Labor Rights
Take Action! Trade Unionist, Gilberto Soto, Assassinated in El Salvador!
<http://www.campaignforlaborrights.org/alerts/2004/nov14-salvador.htm>
US Labor Chiefs Press El Salvador for Killers of Teamsters Organizer
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/international/americas/21salvador.html>
Assassination is an Issue in Trade Talks
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/business/worldbusiness/18union.html?ex=110>
Renowned Authors Call on Quebecor World To End Harrasment, Respect Workers Rights
<http://www.justiceatquebecor.org/news/WritersCallPressRelease.pdf>
Central America: Workers left Sterile by Pesticide Seek Justice
<http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26266>
Day Laborers to Protest Va. Arrests
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61127-2004Nov18.html>
16,000 Protest US-Run School of Americas
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1122-01.htm>
Coalition of Immokalee Workers- Taco Bell Boycott Headquarters
<http://www.ciw-online.org/>
Transnational Labor Solidarity
Platforms for Port Unions to Exchange Ideas and Plan Strategies
<http://202.186.86.35/maritime/story.asp?file=/2004/11/22/maritime/9427638&sec=maritime>
The Struggle of the Gina Workers in Thailand: Inside a Successful International Labor Solidarity Campaign
<http://www.cityu.edu.hk/searc/WP75_04_Robertson_Somsak.pdf>
Philippines: Protest Massacre of Strikers
<http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=39>
Outsourcing
Australian Co. Under Fire Over Outsourcing
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/929437.cms>
India Shot its Outsourcing Market in the Foot with New Income Tax
<http://www.offshoringforum.com/link.asp?TOPIC_ID=87>h
Wal-Mart
Women vs. Wal-Mart
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/11/22/wal_mart/index_np.html>
Wal-Mart Discriminates
<http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=10376>
WeÂre to Blame for Wal-MartÂs Grip
<http://www.azcentral.com/business/columns/articles/1118talton18.html>
Wal-Mart will allow Unions in China
<http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-retail-walmart-china.html?e>
Transnational Corporations
Microsoft Settles
<http://www.economist.com/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3387849>
Stop Nike Sweatshops
<http://www.educatingforjustice.org/stopnikesweatshops.htm>
Nike Responsibility Newsletter
<http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=23&item=fall2004se>
UN Examines Human Rights Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/reform/business/2004/1105humanrights.htm>
Changing Drill- How ShellÂs Move to Revamp Culture Ended in Scandal
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/crisis/corporate/2004/1102shell.pdf>
Immigration
Immigrant Detainees Tell of Attack Dogs and Abuse
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4170152&sourceCode=RSS>
Take Action to oppose an increase in the number of H-1b visas! Protect Union Jobs!
<http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/ProtectJobsNow>
Union Vote to Exclude Kingston Relatives
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2469230>
Bush Promises Fox he will work to Reform US Immigration Laws
<http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10241011.htm>
Congress makes way for High- Tech Workers
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-High-Tech-Visas.html?ex=11022111>
China
Five More Stella Shoe Factory Workers are Sentenced to up to Three Years Imprisonment Following Mass Protest in April
<http://www.china-labour.org.hk/iso/article.adp?article_id=5983>
China Widens Economic Role in Latin America
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/20/international/asia/20china.html?oref=login>
In China, Stresses Spill Over into Riots
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1122/p01s03-woap.html>
Low Wages turn Nation into Magnet for Jobs
<http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0411/21/b06-11701.htm>
Tiananmen Sympathy Strike Organizer freed after 15 years in Prison
<http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041120/w112008.html>
Dozens Dead in China Mine Fire
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4029429.stm>
Dire Safety Record of U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturer, AXT, Prompts Major Concern about Health Situation of Hundreds of Workers at its New Beijing Factory
<http://lists.iww.org/pipermail/iww-news/2004-November/007091.html>
Developing Countries
Anemic US Response to Darfur Genocide
<http://www.blackcommentator.com/114/114_darfur.html>
Sudan: Arms Trade Fueling Human Rights Abuse in Darfur
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/sudan/2004/1116armsembargo.htm>
Focus on India
<http://www.focusweb.org/india/html/Article247.html>http://www.focusweb.org/india/html/Article247.html
India: Left Leaders to have Power Breakfast When Workers Strike (go back to Davids Headline!
<http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=43632>
FG Cuts Fuel Prices, NLC Suspends Strike
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200411160320.html>
<http://www.focusweb.org/finance/html/Article270.html?POSTNUKESID=8f8b494414fa8b6ddf0820575885de4c>
Manipulating Consent: The World Bank and Public Consultation in the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project
<http://www.focusweb.org/finance/html/Article270.html>
Avoiding Indebtedness and Underdevelopment: Lessons for Timor-Leste
<http://www.focusweb.org/finance/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=271>
The Bolivian Crisis Deepens
<http://www.counterpunch.org/gomez11182004.html>
Asian Peace Alliance: NO to Impunity in Thailand, NO to Impunity in the World
<http://www.focusweb.org/main/html/Article534.html?POSTNUKESID=5ef37734a13728423b55709c5261a7a7>
Asbestos use still widespread in Asia, as are its ills
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041120f1.htm>
Nigerian Unions Suspend Planned General Strike after Concessions
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/117292/1/.html>
Korea: Unionized Government Employees end Strike
<http://www.koilaf.org/index_init.php?url=labor_view.php?num=2716>
Can Argentina Stay Afloat?
<http://archive.epinet.org/real_media/041117/>
Central Africa to Clean Up Diamond Trade
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/diamond/2004/1117cleanup.htm>
Urgent Push on AfricaÂs Oldest Civil War
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/sudan/2004/1117urgent.htm>
Poor Country Gains from Trade Greatly Overstated- Economic Growth a Bigger Factor in Poverty Reduction
<http://us.f526.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=3124_4622334_55015_1619_4775_0_1624_14001_1059283983&Idx=8&YY=38015&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox>
Tables and Charts on International Hunger Relief
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/hunger/tables/index.htm>
Nigeria: Are Human Rights in the Pipeline?
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/tncs/2004/1109amnesty.htm>
Good Advice Gets a Bad Name in South East Asia
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/bwi-wto/imf/2004/1115indonesia.htm>
US Suggests AIDS Fund Delays Grants
<http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/develop/aids/2004/1117globalfund.htm>
Philippines: 14 Dead, 133 Arrested, Hundreds Missing In the Violent Dispersal of Hacienda Luisita Srike
<http://www.labourstart.org/docs/en/000063.html>
The Hacienda Luisita Massacre, Landlordism and State Terrorism
<http://www.bulatlat.com/news/4-42/4-42-massacre.html>
Conclusions from the International Workshop on Debt Auditing
<http://www.jubileesouth.org/sp/index.php?category=2&id=78>
Creditors can Dump 80% of Iraq Debt, Minister Says
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/iraq/2910863>
Free Market Perspectives
Study: US Needs Foreign-Born Workers
<http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1022_3-5455416.html?ex=1101778724&ei=1>
Resources
Church World Services Summary of the Americas Social Forum, held in Ecuador, promoting Just Trade Policies
<http://www.churchworldservice.org/pdf_files/weave-anew/fall04/page3.pdf>
Trade Justice- Why Should People of Faith be Talking about Trade?
<http://www.tradejusticeusa.org/resources/trade.htm>
Our world is not for Sale - fighting against the current model of corporate globalization
<http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/>
Citizens Trade Campaign- Working Together for Social and Environmental Justice in Trade Policy
<http://www.citizenstrade.org/>
Upcoming Events
Hong KongÂs Peoples Alliance against WTO (HKPAAWTO)-
HKPAAWTO is organizing an international consultation meeting for the formation of the International Coordinating Network or ICN. We are inviting all major global, regional and national formations and networks working against the unjust neo-liberal policies of the World Trade Organization to come to Hong Kong and attend the international consultation. The international consultation meeting will be held from 26 to 27 February 2005 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
<http://www.focusweb.org/main/html/Sections-article2-p1.html>
NAALC Conference- ÂTrafficking in PersonsÂ
Washington, DC; December 6-7, 2004
http://www.naalctip.org/
Labor at the Crossroads: Competing Visions, Alternative Strategies, and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement
Dec. 2-3, CUNY Graduate Center, Sponsored by Queens College Labor Resource Center, and Its Journal, New Labor Forum
<http://www.futureoflaborconference.org>
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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:44 AM
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
[IWS] World Bank: Palestinian Economic Crisis Reports [22 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Four Years  Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment [online 22 November 2004]
World Bank, October 2004
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/wbgaza-4yrassessment.pdf
[full-text, 116 pages]
See also-
POVERTY IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AFTER THREE YEARS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/wbgaza-povertyaftereconcrisis.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
Press Release-
World Bank Report: Palestinian Economy Remains Stagnant After Four Years of Intifada [22 November 2004]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20285216~menuPK:34463~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html
WASHINGTON, November 22, 2004 -- Four years since the outbreak of the intifada in September 2000, the Palestinian economy continues to be mired in deep recession, according to a World Bank report released today.
The third in a series of reports that examine the impact of the socio-economic crisis in the West Bank and Gaza, Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment reveals that although the Palestinian economy recovered in 2003, this upturn is short-lived. The economy remains severely depressed compared with the pre-intifada period, with closures stifling economic activity and restricting the movement of people and goods.
...
According to the report, the living standards of Palestinians have dramatically declined. Despite economic stabilization in 2003, some 47 percent of Palestinians live below the poverty line. In a separate publication focusing on the 'poorest of the poor',* the World Bank notes that as many as 600,000 Palestinians cannot afford to meet their basic needs in food, clothing and shelter to survive. Facing what is known as subsistence poverty, this group - whose expenditures amount to less than $1.5 a day per person - has become increasingly vulnerable to economic shocks.
Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment points out that despite a modest and short-term increase in jobs in 2003, labor market indicators show an economy performing well below its potential. The unemployment rate stood at 25 percent in 2003, compared with 10 percent before the intifada. Young people in particular were hard hit - 37 percent were without jobs compared with 14 percent before the intifada.
AND MORE....
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Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Four Years  Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment [online 22 November 2004]
World Bank, October 2004
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/wbgaza-4yrassessment.pdf
[full-text, 116 pages]
See also-
POVERTY IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AFTER THREE YEARS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/wbgaza-povertyaftereconcrisis.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
Press Release-
World Bank Report: Palestinian Economy Remains Stagnant After Four Years of Intifada [22 November 2004]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20285216~menuPK:34463~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html
WASHINGTON, November 22, 2004 -- Four years since the outbreak of the intifada in September 2000, the Palestinian economy continues to be mired in deep recession, according to a World Bank report released today.
The third in a series of reports that examine the impact of the socio-economic crisis in the West Bank and Gaza, Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment reveals that although the Palestinian economy recovered in 2003, this upturn is short-lived. The economy remains severely depressed compared with the pre-intifada period, with closures stifling economic activity and restricting the movement of people and goods.
...
According to the report, the living standards of Palestinians have dramatically declined. Despite economic stabilization in 2003, some 47 percent of Palestinians live below the poverty line. In a separate publication focusing on the 'poorest of the poor',* the World Bank notes that as many as 600,000 Palestinians cannot afford to meet their basic needs in food, clothing and shelter to survive. Facing what is known as subsistence poverty, this group - whose expenditures amount to less than $1.5 a day per person - has become increasingly vulnerable to economic shocks.
Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment points out that despite a modest and short-term increase in jobs in 2003, labor market indicators show an economy performing well below its potential. The unemployment rate stood at 25 percent in 2003, compared with 10 percent before the intifada. Young people in particular were hard hit - 37 percent were without jobs compared with 14 percent before the intifada.
AND MORE....
_____________________________
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Stuart Basefsky
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Cornell/ILR School
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Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:32 AM
Monday, November 22, 2004
[IWS] Global Education Database (GED) [22 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Global Education Database (GED) [22 November 2004]
http://qesdb.cdie.org/ged/index.html
Welcome to the Online Version of the Global Education Database (GED).
This site is sponsored by the Office of Education of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The GED is a repository of international education statistics compiled from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). USAID plans to update this online database as new data become available. MORE ABOUT THE GED <http://qesdb.cdie.org/ged/about.htm>
There are 134 indicators compiled from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and 71 indicators compiled from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS).
If you have any questions, please contact the Statistics Unit of USAID Development Information Services by sending an email to: <mailto:statsunit@dis.cdie.org>
_____________________________
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Global Education Database (GED) [22 November 2004]
http://qesdb.cdie.org/ged/index.html
Welcome to the Online Version of the Global Education Database (GED).
This site is sponsored by the Office of Education of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The GED is a repository of international education statistics compiled from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). USAID plans to update this online database as new data become available. MORE ABOUT THE GED <http://qesdb.cdie.org/ged/about.htm>
There are 134 indicators compiled from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and 71 indicators compiled from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS).
If you have any questions, please contact the Statistics Unit of USAID Development Information Services by sending an email to: <mailto:statsunit@dis.cdie.org>
_____________________________
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Stuart Basefsky
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Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 12:27 PM
[IWS] ADB: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Asia and Latin America [19 November 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
From the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADBI Discussion Paper 15
Great Expectations: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Asia and Latin America [19 November 2004]
http://www.adbi.org/discussion-paper/2004/11/19/817.microfinance.poverty.asia.latin/
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are seen often by aid practitioners as an obvious means of improving the position of the poor. Despite this widely held view, detailed research studies have been much more guarded about the impact of MFIs. In particular several studies have raised doubts about the effectiveness of MFIs in reaching the 'core poor.'
This paper surveys the evidence from Asia and Latin America and contrasts experiences in the two regions. Studies on the former have been carried out more 'rigorously', but in both regions the evidence that microfinance is reaching the core poor is very limited.
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From the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADBI Discussion Paper 15
Great Expectations: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Asia and Latin America [19 November 2004]
http://www.adbi.org/discussion-paper/2004/11/19/817.microfinance.poverty.asia.latin/
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are seen often by aid practitioners as an obvious means of improving the position of the poor. Despite this widely held view, detailed research studies have been much more guarded about the impact of MFIs. In particular several studies have raised doubts about the effectiveness of MFIs in reaching the 'core poor.'
This paper surveys the evidence from Asia and Latin America and contrasts experiences in the two regions. Studies on the former have been carried out more 'rigorously', but in both regions the evidence that microfinance is reaching the core poor is very limited.
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[IWS] ADB: Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia and Latin America: Is there a People's Republic of China Effect? [16 November 2004]
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB Institute Discussion Paper No.17
Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia and Latin America: Is there a People's Republic of China Effect?
Busakorn Chantasasawat
K.C. Fung
Hitomi Iizaka
Alan Siu
November 2004
http://www.adbi.org/files/2004.11.dp17.fdi.prc.effect.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]
Abstract
People's Republic of China (PRC) in recent years has emerged as the largest
recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world. Many analysts and government
officials in the developing world have increasingly expressed concerns that they are
losing competitiveness to PRC. Is PRC diverting FDI from other developing countries?
Theoretically, a growing PRC can add to other countries' direct investment by
creating more opportunities for production networking and raising the need for raw
materials and resources. At the same time, the extremely low Chinese labor costs may
lure multinationals away from sites in other developing countries when the foreign
corporations consider alternative locations for low-cost export platforms.
In this paper, we explore this important research and policy issue empirically. We
focus our studies on East and Southeast Asia as well as Latin America. For Asia, we use
data for eight Asian economies (Hong Kong, China, Taipei,China, Republic of Korea,
Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand) for 1985-2002 while for Latin
America, we use data for sixteen Latin American economies (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) for 1990-2002. We control for the
standard determinants of their inward direct investment. We then add PRC's inward
foreign direct investment as an indicator of the "PRC Effect". Estimation of the coefficient
associated with the PRC Effect proxy gives us indications about the existence of the
PRC Effect.
We have three results: (1) The level of PRC's foreign direct investment is
positively related to the levels of inward direct investments of economies in East and
Southeast Asia, while the PRC Effect is mostly insignificant for Latin American nations;
(2) the level of PRC's foreign direct investment is negatively related to the direct
investment of these economies as shares of total foreign direct investments in the
developing countries; (3) The PRC Effect is generally not the most important
determinant of the inward direct investments of these economies. Market sizes and
policy variables such as openness and corporate tax rates tend to be more important.
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB Institute Discussion Paper No.17
Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia and Latin America: Is there a People's Republic of China Effect?
Busakorn Chantasasawat
K.C. Fung
Hitomi Iizaka
Alan Siu
November 2004
http://www.adbi.org/files/2004.11.dp17.fdi.prc.effect.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]
Abstract
People's Republic of China (PRC) in recent years has emerged as the largest
recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world. Many analysts and government
officials in the developing world have increasingly expressed concerns that they are
losing competitiveness to PRC. Is PRC diverting FDI from other developing countries?
Theoretically, a growing PRC can add to other countries' direct investment by
creating more opportunities for production networking and raising the need for raw
materials and resources. At the same time, the extremely low Chinese labor costs may
lure multinationals away from sites in other developing countries when the foreign
corporations consider alternative locations for low-cost export platforms.
In this paper, we explore this important research and policy issue empirically. We
focus our studies on East and Southeast Asia as well as Latin America. For Asia, we use
data for eight Asian economies (Hong Kong, China, Taipei,China, Republic of Korea,
Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand) for 1985-2002 while for Latin
America, we use data for sixteen Latin American economies (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) for 1990-2002. We control for the
standard determinants of their inward direct investment. We then add PRC's inward
foreign direct investment as an indicator of the "PRC Effect". Estimation of the coefficient
associated with the PRC Effect proxy gives us indications about the existence of the
PRC Effect.
We have three results: (1) The level of PRC's foreign direct investment is
positively related to the levels of inward direct investments of economies in East and
Southeast Asia, while the PRC Effect is mostly insignificant for Latin American nations;
(2) the level of PRC's foreign direct investment is negatively related to the direct
investment of these economies as shares of total foreign direct investments in the
developing countries; (3) The PRC Effect is generally not the most important
determinant of the inward direct investments of these economies. Market sizes and
policy variables such as openness and corporate tax rates tend to be more important.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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[IWS] OECD Policy Brief: CZECH REPUBLIC Economic Survey 2004 [22 November 2004]
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OECD Policy Brief:
Economic Survey of the CZECH REPUBLIC, 2004 [22 November 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/2/33923819.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
For more information, see
Economic Survey of the Czech Republic - 2004
http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33903667_1_1_1_1,00.html
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
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OECD Policy Brief:
Economic Survey of the CZECH REPUBLIC, 2004 [22 November 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/2/33923819.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
For more information, see
Economic Survey of the Czech Republic - 2004
http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33903667_1_1_1_1,00.html
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[IWS] EC: SOCIAL DIALOGUE in ENLARGED EUROPE [19 Novemberr 2004]
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
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Social Dialogue Brochure
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/broc_soc-dial_2004_en.html
Brussels, 19 November 2004. The promotion of social dialogue in an enlarged Europe was the main theme of the conference organised by DG Employment and Social Affairs in Ljubljana in January 2004. Some 200 social partners from 27 countries took part in the event. The aim of the conference was to outline the state-of-play of social dialogue in the new Europe with 25 Member States, and to propose ways of improving industrial relations in an enlarged Europe.
The recently published brochure on the conference outlines the conclusions of the conference. It is available in French, English and German. Translations into the languages of the new Member States will be available during the first half of 2005.
Promoting Social Dialogue in an enlarged Europe (Manuscript completed in August 2004)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/2004_1900_en.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 5
Chapter 1
Social dialogue: a culture of governance 7
1. The Community mechanisms 7
2. Some national experiences 8
2.1. The Irish example 8
2.2. The Dutch example 8
2.3. The French example 9
2.4. The Romanian example 9
2.5. The Slovene example 10
2.6. The Bulgarian example 10
Chapter 2
Tripartite and bipartite dialogues: promoting balance 12
Chapter 3
Autonomous partnerships, a force for change 14
1. The views of the cross-industry social partners 14
2. The views of some sectoral social partners 15
Chapter 4
Social dialogue in an enlarged Europe:
strength, weakness, and prospects 16
1. Representativeness 16
2. Autonomy 17
3. Training and information 18
4. Issues 19
5. Synergies 19
Conclusions 21
Annex: list of speakers 22
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Social Dialogue Brochure
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/broc_soc-dial_2004_en.html
Brussels, 19 November 2004. The promotion of social dialogue in an enlarged Europe was the main theme of the conference organised by DG Employment and Social Affairs in Ljubljana in January 2004. Some 200 social partners from 27 countries took part in the event. The aim of the conference was to outline the state-of-play of social dialogue in the new Europe with 25 Member States, and to propose ways of improving industrial relations in an enlarged Europe.
The recently published brochure on the conference outlines the conclusions of the conference. It is available in French, English and German. Translations into the languages of the new Member States will be available during the first half of 2005.
Promoting Social Dialogue in an enlarged Europe (Manuscript completed in August 2004)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/2004_1900_en.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 5
Chapter 1
Social dialogue: a culture of governance 7
1. The Community mechanisms 7
2. Some national experiences 8
2.1. The Irish example 8
2.2. The Dutch example 8
2.3. The French example 9
2.4. The Romanian example 9
2.5. The Slovene example 10
2.6. The Bulgarian example 10
Chapter 2
Tripartite and bipartite dialogues: promoting balance 12
Chapter 3
Autonomous partnerships, a force for change 14
1. The views of the cross-industry social partners 14
2. The views of some sectoral social partners 15
Chapter 4
Social dialogue in an enlarged Europe:
strength, weakness, and prospects 16
1. Representativeness 16
2. Autonomy 17
3. Training and information 18
4. Issues 19
5. Synergies 19
Conclusions 21
Annex: list of speakers 22
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