02796nam a2200241Ia 4500001001100000005001700011008004300028020002200071020002300093020002500116020002600141043001200167050002200179245003800201246003400239260007700273300004100350500004400391504005500435505030400490520171300794530004702507000000886120251012174250.0  960429s1995    nyua     b    000 0 eng d  a0195211022 (pbk.)  a0195211030 (bound)  a9780195211023 (pbk.)  a9780195211030 (bound)  ad------14aHC59.7b.W67 199500aWorkers in an integrating world. 13aWorld development indicators.  aNew YorkbPublished for the World Bank, Oxford University Presscc1995.   aix, 251 p.bill. (some col.)c28 cm.  a"World development indicators"--Cover.   aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 132-142). 0 aWhich development strategies are good for workers? -- Is international integration an opportunity or a threat to workers? -- How should governments intervene in labor markets? -- How can policy choices help workers in periods of major change? -- The o utlook for workers in the twenty-first century.  a"This eighteenth annual report assesses what a more market-driven and integrated world means for workers. It asks which development strategies best address workers' needs, and what domestic labor market policies can do to establish a more equitable di stribution of income, greater job security, and higher workplace standards, while preserving and indeed enhancing the efficiency of labor markets. The report concludes that global integration holds out the prospect of tremendous future gains for the world's work force - but no guarantees. Sound domestic and international policies are indispensable for realizing the promise of a prosperous, integrated global workplace. Policies that rely on markets while avoiding or correcting market failures, that invest in people[A[B, that provide a supportive environment for family farms as well as emerging industrial and service sectors - all these are good for workers. Governments continue to exercise important functions: building and maintaining the social framework within which workers, unions, and firms interact to set wages and working conditions; supporting workers who are hurt when industries or whole economies suffer major shocks; and defending the rights of the most vulnerable workers, whether they be child laborers victimized by exploitation, or women or ethnic minorities suffering from discrimination. In those economies that are less prepared to face global competition - in particular, those emerging from central planning - public action has a particularly important role in promoting labor mobility, easing the cost of transition, and reaching those left out. This report includes the World Development Indicators." -- World Bank summary.  aAlso issued online via the World Wide Web.