Towards Full and Decent Employment
Contributors: Jose Antonio Ocampo (Editor); Jomo K.S. (Editor)
Publisher: Zed Books; Zed Books, published in association with the United Nations
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781842778821
Subjects: Development economics; Labour economics; Macroeconomics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Africa; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic Development
Description: While the international community has made a commitment to achieving full employment and decent work for all, this goal seems ever more distant in view of recent trends such as the growing unemployment and underemployment, the phenomenon of 'jobless growth', the growing 'casualization' of employment relations, the promotion of labour flexibility at the expense of welfare security, de-industrialization and the continued decline of peasant agriculture.