scholarly journals Pathways to recovery from COVID-19: characterizing input–output linkages of a targeted sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tugrul Temel ◽  
Paul Phumpiu
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Graph Theoretic ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World

AbstractAt present, the world is facing an unprecedented employment challenge due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International Labor Organization of the United Nations expects the largest amount of youth unemployment at the global level to take place in manufacturing, real estate, wholesale, and accommodation sectors. This paper has two objectives. The first is to introduce a graph-theoretic method for identifying upstream and downstream pathways of a targeted sector and characterize them in ways that help respond to and recovery from the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second is to apply this method in the context of China, Japan, India, Russia, Germany, Turkey, UK and USA, which together account for about 60 percent of the world GDP. Based on the analysis of most recent input–output data from 2015, manufacturing sector is found to be top priority sector to be targeted in all the eight countries, followed by real estate and wholesale sectors, and these sectors should be coupled with isolated communities of sectors to capture external employment and growth effects. Characterizing the critical pre-COVID-19 linkages of a targeted sector should inform policy makers regarding the design of employment and growth strategies to recover from the pandemic.

M. A. Ayuh. Made in Jamaica: The Development of Manufacturing Sector. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1981. xxii+128 pp.

1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-95
Author(s):  
Najam-us- Saqib
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The World ◽  
Caribbean Country ◽  
Bauxite Ore ◽  
Made In

Jamaica, known in the world for her rich deposits of bauxite ore, is a small Caribbean country with an area of 10991 square kilometers and a population of just over two million individuals. This beautifu11and, which was described by Columbus as "The fairest isle that eyes have beheld" has developed a remarkably diversified manufacturing sector starting from a modest industrial base. Jamaica's manufacturing industry enjoyed a respectable growth rate of about 6 percent per annum during the good old days of the euphoric '50s and '60s. However, those bright sunny days ''when to live was bliss" were followed by the chilling winter of much subdued progress. The rise and fall of growth have aroused considerable interest among economists and policy• makers. The book under review probes the causes of this behaviour by analysing key characteristics of Jamaican manufacturing sector and tracing its path of evolution.

International Recognition

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Mona Lena Krook
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Political ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Special Rapporteur ◽  
Online Harassment ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
Un General Assembly

Chapter 5 traces how the discussions outlined in previous chapters have become embedded in a growing number of international normative frameworks. The architecture surrounding the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has provided one entry point. The CEDAW Committee raised the issue in a number of country reviews and issued several General Recommendations alluding to violence in the political sphere. A second pathway has been via the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, who issued two reports on this topic in 2018. A third involves UN General Assembly resolutions, including a recent resolution identifying sexual harassment as a form of violence against women referencing violence in politics. The new International Labor Organization Convention Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work serves as a fourth venue, filling important gaps related to sexual and online harassment in political spaces.

International Labor Organization

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 488-491
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Governing Body ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
Regional Conference

Governing BodyBefore concluding its 111th session in Geneva, the ILO Governing Body took the following actions: 1) established a committee to advise the Governing Body on “Asian problems and on the Asian aspects of general problems;” 2) accepted the application of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions for consultative relationships with ILO; 3) decided to hold early in 1951 a Near and Middle East Regional Conference; and 4) deferred until its autumn session consideration of the proposal that ILO create a commission to conduct an impartial inquiry into the nature and extent of forced labor throughout the world.

scholarly journals Why do Female and Male Children Work?

1970 ◽  
pp. 28-30
Author(s):  
Aseel Sawalha
Keyword(s):  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World

The international Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that over 200 million children are employed all over the world.

scholarly journals THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS DURING THE PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Enache ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level

International migration characterizes contemporary social and economic life. As governments around the world take on this reality, they face the challenge of developing effective cooperation in this area. Migration is closely linked to the broader global transformations of the economic spheres, social, political and technological problems that affect a wide variety of political problems at a high level, and labor migration responds to the challenges posed by these changes that require presence of foreign workers in industrialized countries. Most migrants respond to employment problems and, in this regard, the International Labor Organization has been particularly concerned about employment prospects and migratory flows.

scholarly journals International Organizations and Food: Nearing the End of the Lean Season?

2021 ◽  
pp. 297-321
Author(s):  
Anna Wolkenhauer
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
International Fund

AbstractThis chapter maps the field of international organizations (IOs) in food that has been institutionalized as a global policy field since WWII and has undergone several shifts since then. The chapter traces the emergence of the major IOs of the field, especially the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Program, and more recently also the International Labor Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The second half of the twentieth century began with visionary ideas about the global regulation of food production and consumption, moved to a concern with smallholders and food security, and ended with a neoliberal shift away from production toward ensuring consumption through world trade. The new millennium is marked by a rhetorical consensus between the main IOs, new debates about production, hopes in the social protection agenda, as well as increasingly vocal organized critics of the dominant order.

Ways and mechanism of saving and increasing employment in the period of pandemics in Uzbekistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 600-603
Author(s):  
Ulugbek Narmanov ◽  
Narmanov Ulugbek Abdugapparovich
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The World ◽  
Stable Growth

The rapid spread of Covid-19 has had a negative impact on the development of the world economy, and the development of the labor market. According to the International Labor Organization, about 25 million people worldwide are unemployed worldwide and the income of employees can be reduced by at least 3.4 trillion. Therefore, the formation of the insurability of growing in the world economy and labor market on issues of stable growth and employment in Uzbekistan is relevant for today's day. The article presents information on the measures taken to mitigate the pressure rendered to the labor market caused by a pandemic in Uzbekistan.

Globalization of Ergonomics Through the International Ergonomics Association

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Caple
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Recognition ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) plays a pivotal role in developing ergonomics at a global level. Through the federated societies in 49 countries, IEA brings together knowledge and resources to share and develop ergonomics education, research, and practice internationally. IEA also recognizes the relatively small size of this domain in the global community and is working to develop collaborations with larger and more influential organizations to integrate and expand exposure to ergonomics, such as with the International Organization for Standardization, the International Labor Organization, and the World Health Organization. Collaborations with other professional associations at an international level also assist in developing and integrating connections for mutual recognition of ergonomics research and practice. This article briefly describes some of IEA’s goals and activities.

Child Labour and the Global Economy: Abolition or Acceptance?

2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Dillon
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Full Development ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
Children’S Work ◽  
Global Values

This article traces the evolution of international attitudes toward child labour, and outlines its relationship to the global economy. It examines the way in which international treaties promulgated by the International Labor Organization (ilo) have conceived of child labour over time. At the national level, the most extreme pro-child labour position may be found in recent Bolivian legislation that recognizes work performed by children as young as ten years old. Much has been written on the problem of conflicting global values on child labour, but all agree that exploitative forms should be eliminated. The author updates her earlier recommendation that the World Trade Organization should place conditions on participation in the global economy by requiring its member states to honour core ilo standards. Eliminating exploitative child labour could thus be linked indirectly to the global economy, by requiring the elimination of children’s work detrimental to the child’s full development.

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