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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
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WORLD EMPLOYMENT REPORT 2004-05
EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION [7 December 2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/wer2004.htm

» Download interactive software [downloads very slowly]
http://kilm.ilo.org/wer2004/temp/setupwer2004b.exe
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Download the file and run it to install the software.
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View individual sections of the report:

 Â» Preface, Acknowledgments and Contents
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04p1en.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]

 Â» Overview and main policy messages
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04oven.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]

 Â» Chapter 1. Global trends in employment, productivity and poverty
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c1en.pdf
[full-text, 54 pages]

 Â» Chapter 2. Does productivity help or harm employment growth?
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c2en.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]

 Â» Chapter 3. Why agriculture still matters
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c3en.pdf
[full-text, 56 pages]

 Â» Chapter 4. A stable workplace? A mobile workforce? What is best for increasing productivity?
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c4en.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]

 Â» Chapter 5. Small-scale activities and the productivity divide
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c5en.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]


See Press Release at - http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2004/54.htm

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