International Trade and Core Labour Standards [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2000.
 What are the major developments with respect to trade and labour standards since the OECD's 1996 study on Trade, Employment and Labour Standards? What is being done to promote these standards? What evidence is there of progress? What are the possible links between core labour standards, trade, foreign direct investment, economic development and employment?  International Trade and Core Labour Standards addresses these and related questions. It also provides a current overview of key issues with respect to core labour standards and their relation to trade and employment, aiming to provide a co
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""List of Boxes""; ""Box 1.  Selected United Nations Acts""; ""Box 2.  The fundamental principles and rights at work and the fundamental conventions, as laid out...""; ""Box 3.  Freedom of association and the level of economic development""; ""Box 4.  Export-processing zones""; ""Box 5.  Direct contacts and technical co-operation""; ""Box 6.  Strengthening the ILO mechanisms to monitor core labour standards""; ""Box 7.  Trade and labour rights in the United States: child labour and prison labour""; ""Box 8.  Private codes in the US apparel industry""; ""Box 9.  Codes of conduct in the EU""
""Box 10.  Moral suasion""""Box 11.  Recent labelling initiatives""; ""List of Tables""; ""Table 1.  Progress in ratifications of selected ILO and UN conventions and covenants""; ""Table 2.  Ratification of ILO fundamental conventions, situation as of June 2000""; ""Table 3.  NAALC submissions and outcomes, 1996-1999""; ""Table A.1.  Basic economic indicators""; ""Table A.2.  Restrictions on the right to establish free unions""; ""Table A.3.  Restrictions on the right to strike""; ""Table A.4.  Protection of union members and collective bargaining rights""; ""List of Charts""
""Chart 1.  Freedom of association and level of economic development""""Chart 2.  Freedom of association and FDI inflows (millions of dollars)""; ""Chart A.1.  Index of non-compliance for ILO Conventions 87 and 98, 1989-1999""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview""; ""Factual developments since completion of the 1996 study""; ""Conclusions from the literature review""; ""Part I.  Labour Standards in OECD and Selected Non-OECD Countries""; ""Box 1.  Selected United Nations Acts""
""Table 1.  Progress in ratifications of selected ILO and UN conventions and covenants""""Core labour standards and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work""; ""Box 2.  The fundamental principles and rights at work and the fundamental conventions, as laid out...""; ""Progress in ratification of the ILOâ€?s fundamental conventions""; ""Observance of core labour standards in selected countries""; ""Table 2.  Ratification of ILO fundamental conventions, situation as of June 2000""; ""Freedom of association""
""Box 3.  Freedom of association and the level of economic development""""Chart 1.  Freedom of association and level of economic development""; ""Forced labour, child labour and non-discrimination""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part II.  Possible Links Between Core Labour Standards, Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Development...""; ""Introduction""; ""Economic properties of core labour standards""; ""Labour standards and trade performance""; ""Labour standards and foreign direct investment""; ""Empirical evidence""; ""Chart 2.  Freedom of association and FDI inflows (millions of dollars)""
""Box 4.  Export-processing zones""
 What are the major developments with respect to trade and labour standards since the OECD's 1996 study on Trade, Employment and Labour Standards? What is being done to promote these standards? What evidence is there of progress? What are the possible links between core labour standards, trade, foreign direct investment, economic development and employment?  International Trade and Core Labour Standards addresses these and related questions. It also provides a current overview of key issues with respect to core labour standards and their relation to trade and employment, aiming to provide a co
International trade.
Labor laws and legislation.