World labour report

This volume is the first in paperback of a new series launched to survey major contemporary labour problems and issues throughout the world. The international Labour Office has sifted and analysed a mass of relevant information and specialised studies and has systematically distilled the most significant elements in order to produce an objective survey f social and labour questions in which the salient facts and most perceptive commentaries of our time are presented in clear, concise language. It gives an overview of the main labour issues in both industrialised and developing countries. This is an abridged version of volumes 1 and 2 of the World

Labour Report which were originally published by the ILO. Students of development studies, labour economics, industrial relations, international business, and women's studies should find the book of value. Those professionally concerned with labour issues, whether in government, business, or trade unions, may also find much here of direct relevance. The ILO has brought out the first comprehensive study of the global labour scene. calling for systematic planning at the global, regional and national levels. The ILO's study highlights the difficulties facing Western industrialised countries, centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe, and developing countries of the South.