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020			_a0195211022 (pbk.)
020			_a0195211030 (bound)
020			_a9780195211023 (pbk.)
020			_a9780195211030 (bound)
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050	1	4	_aHC59.7 _b.W67 1995
090	0	0	_a331.11 _bWOR _c1995
245	0	0	_aWorkers in an integrating world.
246	1	3	_aWorld development indicators.
260			_aNew York _bPublished for the World Bank, Oxford University Press _cc1995.
300			_aix, 251 p. _bill. (some col.) _c28 cm.
500			_a"World development indicators"--Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 132-142).
505	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.
520			_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.
530			_aAlso issued online via the World Wide Web.
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