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Globalization, Wages, and the Quality of Jobs: Five Country Studies
Author(s): Raymond Robertson (Editor), Drusilla Brown (Editor), Gaëlle Le Borgne Pierre (Editor), Maria Laura Sanchez-Puerta (Editor)
- Publisher: World Bank Publications
- Publication Date: 15 Sept. 2009
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 0821379348
- ISBN-13: 9780821379349
Book Description
Trade liberalization holds both promises and perils for workers around the world. This book uses a new analytical framework to show that while globalization has been associated with improvements in working conditions in the exposed sectors (apparel and textile), questions remain about the durability and generalization of such improvements.
